Sentences with phrase «animal behaviour scientist»

Rebecca Ledger is an animal behaviour scientist, and sees cats and dogs with behaviour problems on veterinary referral across the Lower Mainland.

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The scientists are now expanding their research to larger numbers of animals and they are also planning a study to look at addiction - like behaviours in obese people to see how well their results translate to humans.

For centuries, scientists and non-scientists alike have been fascinated by the beautiful and often complex collective behaviour of animal groups, such as the highly synchronised movements of flocks of birds and schools of fish.

When scientists studying behaviour considered animals to be little more than stimulus - bound and instinct - wired robots, to be accused of anthropomorphism was a social calamity.

The findings, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, could help scientists better understand how humans evolved socially.

SCIENTISTS who study animal intelligence walk a fine line: they must resist the temptation to anthropomorphise animals while analysing behaviour through the lens of common descent.

Kris Pirozynski, one of the sacked scientists, complains that the CMN has sacked its only specialists in ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology and animal behaviour.

The research provides the first evidence for what scientists describe as the «cognitive buffer» hypothesis - the idea that having a large brain enables animals to have more flexible behaviours and survive environmental challenges.

In other news, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has urged Uganda to reject its «Kill the Gays» bill, likening it to the apartheid Africa fought so long to reject, scientists have found homosexual behaviour in male animals makes them more attractive to female animals (okay, at least in fish), and Simon & Schuster have launched a new self - publishing arm brought to you by the Author Solutions crew — they who rip off would - be authors for thousands of dollars and take half of any sales that eventuate.

Dr Claire Guest, a scientist and animal behaviour expert from the U.K., had been training her Labrador Daisy to use her sense of smell for medical purposes.

The Behaviour of the Domestic Cat by John W.S. Bradshaw 2nd edition Feline Behavior, 2e by Bonnie Beaver BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural Medicine (BSAVA British Small Animal Veterinary Association) by Debra Horwitz and Daniel Mills Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists (Houpt, Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists) by Katherine Houpt

The scientists, with a specific interest in animal behaviour, examined cases of dogs which had developed a sensitivity to either loudness, different pitches, or sudden noises, and found that those which also had associated musculoskeletal pain formed a greater sensitivity to noise.

In the April issue of Animal Behaviour, scientists report on dog what dogs are trying to say, including an experiment in which...

One son, Tim, now in his 50s, lives in California where he is a scientist specialising in animal behaviour.

Cannibalism is not unknown in polar bears - but scientists have recently observed that the behaviour is on the increase among the animals