Animal Behavior

What are the two main types of animal behaviors?

• Inherent and learned

• Innate and learned

• Innate and taught

• Inherent and taught

Innate behaviors are ​ (a)   through ​ (b)   . In other words, the animal is ​ (c)   with a tendency to do a certain thing. For example, puppies ​ (d)   the tendency to ​ (e)   .

• inherited
• genes
• born
• inherit
• chew
• learned
• learn
• fly
• bark

Innate behaviors can be modified.​ (a)  

• True
• False

________ behavior is learned from experience or from observing other animals.

All animals can learn.​ (a)  

• True
• False

This is an example of a learned behavior:

• A human toddler walking.

• A French boy speaking the French language.

• Bees flying.

• Newborn whales swimming.

Which animal behavior is not required for survival?

• Avoid being eaten

• Find food and water

• Find a place to live

• Hunting prey

Time to eat!

• Snakes

• Predators eat them

• Eucalyptus leaves

• Frogs eat them

• Insects

• Frogs are eaten by them

• Prey

• Owls hunt them

• Mice

• Koalas eat them

Chimpanzees make and use _____ to get ants and other food out of hard-to-reach places.

A predator cannot be another animal's prey.​ (a)  

• False
• True