Animal Communication and Interaction

Why do elephants form a circle around their young?

• To protect them

• To eat food

• To keep their young in one place

The scent of food is an example of a (an) ____ stimulus.

• external

• internal

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A chemical signal / scent given by an animal

• pheromone

• visual

Why do baboons make a loud sound?

• To show how strong they are

• To play with their family

• To warn others

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals

• Courtship
• Dating
• Hibernation

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Pufferfish puffs up several times their normal size

• learned behavior
• innate (instinct)

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Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
• It is born knowing how to spin a web.

Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.

• inherited
• learned

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When a bird build a nest, this is called

• learned behavior
• instinct

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Which ONE is a Learned behavior:

• Blinking
• Breathing
• Talking