Before I start my online animal behavior course on February 7th, I started to perform some preliminary research on the basics and fundamentals of animal behavior.
After some general googling of animal behavior, I stumbled upon a very informative website:
The website includes a general introduction to animal behavior, and then many links to basic, intermediate, and advanced topics within the subject of animal behavior.
For this week of research, I chose to focus on the diversity of animal behavior during the first few days to get a better understanding of all the different types. These are a few facts from the topic:
- Animal behavior is influenced by
- Genetic mechanisms
- Physiological mechanisms
- Growth from embryo to juvenile
- The purpose of animal behavior is to learn more about how the animal interacts with its environment and how it is changing and has changed over time
- The social aspect of animal behavior actually adapts over time
- Example: a species of gazelle becoming more and more aggressive towards lions over time
- Social behavior can be connected with natural selection
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