Animal Behavior & Handling

exhibited with little to no environmental influence

• innate

• learned

• stolen

• creative

exhibited by associating a certain response with a certain stimulus

• innate

• learned

• aggressive

• instinctual

Learned behavior can be learned in several different ways, including

• conditioning

• habituation

• observation

• play

refers to animals attaching to or adopting another animal or object as a companion or parent. 

• Innate

• imprinting

• aggressive

• companionship

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American white pelicans instinctively know how to open wide their mouths to capture fish.

• Innate

• Learned

White pelicans often swim in an organized group as they hunt for fish.

• Innate

• Learned

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the animal is relaxed, alert, standing, sitting, or lying, with a comfortable appearance, ears up and forward

• normal

• aggressive

• scared

• submission

the animal tends to display a stiff stance, shake or tremor from nervousness, avoid direct eye contact, lay its ears flat or back on the head, and lower its body or tail to the ground

• normal

• aggressive

• scared

• submission

this is behavior that makes an animal difficult and unsafe to handle

• aggressive

• scared

• normal

• innate

refers to pack instinct and social status of the group

• dominance

• fear aggression

• Territorial aggression

• Redirected Aggression