Sentences with phrase «aggressive male behavior»

The impetus for this widespread practice is presumably pet population control, and the belief that mammary gland and prostate cancers are prevented and aggressive male behavior is markedly less likely than in those neutered later.

It's a typical passive aggressive male behavior, and while it's not attractive, it's something most guys do.

«Stridulation, or chirping, sounds produced by the beetles have been reported with respect to mating and aggressive male behavior, and while previous studies proposed the mechanism and reported on some preliminary acoustic recording of the chirps, the chirp characteristics have not been examined extensively,» explained John Allen, a scientist at the University of Hawaii.

When equality of the sexes became the epicenter of the sexual revolution, activists removed all of the conventions and arrangements that shielded females from aggressive male behavior.

Not exact matches

He developed, he wrote, a «passive - aggressive, detachedly defensive and otherwise manipulative behavior toward males» and a «woeful inability» to assert himself as others do.

Most studies of mouse social hierarchy have focused on more aggressive behaviors such as how male mice might pick on new cage members, says Helmut Kessels, a neurologist at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience who was not involved with the research.

The finding that these neurons are present in the brains of male but not female flies indicates that this sex difference in aggressive behavior is genetically based.

Naïve mice that were exposed only to males did not develop aggressive behaviors, nor did they show this separation.

Top: When male mice detect the ESP1 sex pheromone, they display enhanced aggressive behavior toward other male mice.

Sexual behavior also occurs after aggressive encounters, especially among males.

In a male, throat color is related to behavior: orange - throated male lizards are aggressive and spend most of their time in the open battling each other, according to Lesley Lancaster, lead author of the study.

If males persist with sexually aggressive behavior, pregnant females have a final ace up their sleeves — they flip over onto their backs and display their orange patterning.

Starks thinks that other scientists may have missed the «strikingly aggressive» behavior because they studied wasp nests mostly in the spring, before the males are born.

They're also the ones whose males exhibit especially aggressive behavior.

This may be so because the physical strength and aggressive behaviors that males develop through male - male competition can also be used in male - female sexual interactions, which are all lumped into «male sex drive» a term proposed by Singh as a complement to Darwin's «female choice.»

The males deemed most aggressive — as judged by behaviors such as charging, lunging, holding, and tussling — were removed and mated.

Male and younger drivers ages 19 - 39 were significantly more likely to engage in aggressive behaviors.

Since aggressive behavior is more common to men, who also show a predilection for graphic video games, the research involved exclusively male participants.

Next, the researchers hope to work out if the aggressive behavior is beneficial to females or whether males induce it to serve their own purpose: «That's something we're working on now.

Nearly all of them reported sexist interactions — in fact, 87 percent received demeaning comments from male colleagues, 84 percent were told they were too aggressive, and 90 percent witnessed sexist or abusive behavior at industry events.

In males, we can see more aggressive behavior, and in females we can see an enlarged vulva, much as if they were in heat, even though they are spayed or neutered.

Aggressive behaviors in male companion animals may be avoided by early neutering.

At the same time, male dogs begin holding other dogs responsible as adults during adolescence, which can lead to more aggressive behavior or fighting with other dogs.

Adolescent males will exhibit new behaviors, some of which may seem more aggressive.

Fighting is a behavioral trait in all cats, but the presence of testosterone in the un-neutered male is a cause in the development of aggressive behavior.

The reduction in testosterone in males can mean less aggressive behavior, especially when neutering is done in the first four months of life.

In another report dealing with aggressive behavior in dogs, prepubertally castrated male dogs were just as aggressive as noncastrated dogs 2.

For male rabbits, neutering is recommended to prevent aggressive behavior and urine spraying.

While many people swear that male dogs are more aggressive or that females are more affectionate, the truth of the matter is that much of a dog's behavior is based on individual personality factors that are unique to that dog.

«The nuisance behavior often associated with feral cats is dramatically reduced through TNR, including aggressive behavior, the yowling and fighting that comes with mating activity and the odor of unneutered males spraying to mark their territory,» she said.

Neutering will greatly reduce aggressive behavior in male dogs.

«Our research shows that neither age at time of neutering nor duration of the problem behavior has influence on the likelihood that a behavior will change following neutering, thus one need not think that because a male dog has been engaging in problem urine marking or aggressive behavior for five years that it is too late to consider neutering.

In male ferrets, neutering can reduce their strong body odor, prevent marking, and reduce aggressive behavior.

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Neutered males display less aggressive behavior and have less risk of injury in fights with other animals.

Male Bull Terriers may have too much testosterone, which could cause aggressive behavior.

Now, there are a few notable exceptions to this rule — namely intact males who consistently have trouble getting along with other males, and female dogs who only show aggressive behavior during their heat cycles.

You're right that there is evidence in multiple species to suggest that testosterone can enhance existing aggressive behavior, at least in some cases — meaning we might expect an intact male dog to have a faster or more intense aggressive reaction to a given situation than a neutered one, all things being equal.

Altered male dogs and cats are less likely to engage in frustrating urine marking behaviors, and tend to be less aggressive; the vast majority of serious dog bites are inflicted by unaltered male dogs.

The more aggressive behaviors from the continued presence of hormones also apply to male dogs when only a vasectomy is performed.

Males that are not neutered often exhibit aggressive behaviors, which can be dangerous to them, other animals, and people.

Male cats are able to reproduce as early as six months of age, which can result in aggressive tendencies or other behavior problems.

Neutering male dogs causes an increase in aggressive behavior, fearful behavior, over excitability, and a variety of other miscellaneous, undesirable behaviors.

He had just purchased a male Boxer puppy and the vet advised him to have the dog neutered as early as possible «in order to avoid any aggressive or excitement - based behavior problems.»

Once a male is neutered, this degree of aggressive behavior is much less likely to occur.

Male cat behavior is synonymous with words like unpredictable, aggressive, aloof, and unapproachable.

Male rabbits tend to have issues with urine spraying, territorial marking with urine, and aggressive behavior.

Aggressive behavior against other male dogs is eliminated in 60 % of neutered dogs.

Black - and - white males showed more aggressive behavior towards humans than all other males combined.

Due to their aggressive territorial behavior, non-neutered male cats are most commonly infected.