Animals are considered a fundamental part of the world. Their behavior explains why and how animals act in response to their environment. Humans are animals so research on behavior has broad application to our lives, especially because we interact with other species the same way animals do. There are multiple reasons to study behavior. Animal behavior is its use in biology; it is integrated into biology as a whole. In biology behavioral research is used to ask both broad and scientific questions about diverse animal groups. It is also relevant to other fields on vastly different scales, from ecology and evolutionary biology to immunology, physiology, and neuroscience.
We are animals, so we can often use animal behavior to understand ourselves, not only animals. Fields such as psychology, sociology, economics, and anthropology all use animal behavior research in some way. Some obvious applications for animal behavior relate to production animals, animals used for food or resources (ex. a cow for milk and meat). Understanding how these production species behave allows us to get the most out of them while keeping their welfare good.
Caught fish account for around 17% of global animal protein intake. Understanding how fish behave is crucial to ensuring these important food sources remain stable (so overfishing does not occur). Understanding the behavior of animals that carry diseases can help us predict how the disease will spread and develop strategies to contain it, thus relating back to us as humans who could potentially get that disease. More commonly, understanding companion animal behavior (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) can help them interact safely with other species and other humans.
Throughout this topic, it was made very evident that animal behavior research and studies are used profoundly in the study of many human topics. There is a direct relation between human behavior and animal behavior.
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