Sentences with phrase «on animal behaviour»

Every session includes: an introduction to the Toronto Humane Society, a brief tutorial on animal behaviour, and 30 minutes of reading time with a shelter animal.

A small molecule in cells that was previously believed to have no impact on animal behaviour could in fact be responsible for controlling precise movements, according to new University of Sussex research.

A FEW years ago, I attended a conference on animal behaviour in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thorpe stated that he personally had found Whitehead's thought of little help in relation to his own work on animal behaviour which was largely concerned with birdsong, but I think Suzanne Langer has shown that it may indeed be illuminating to think of problems of animal communication and eventually human language in terms of instructions, subjective aims or feelings, rather than in terms of information and description of states of affairs.

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ian... not sure which part you wanted me to reply on, but I will take issue with yr point about homosexuality being a threat to human existence.I'm no expert on the subject, but I think we cd safely assume that the phenomena has been with us since our ancestors came out of the trees... we're now over six billion and growing at an alarming rate.Not sure where you might find the data on this supposed threat to going forth and multiplying.BTW, I have read that homosexual behaviour is observable in the animal kingdom, but I wd need to do some work to reference a credible study.

An instinct is a pattern of behaviour which is to a major extent dependent on the hereditary constitution of the animal.

I guess you didn't realize that many social animals on the planet display heirarchial behaviour and what could be construed as a moral system.

The Original Play ® programme is the result of thirty years of research on children's, adults» and wild animals» play behaviour.

Make funny faces or noises, imitate animal sounds and behaviours, blow raspberries on your baby's belly, or play a game of peek - a-boo.

Over time, man and animal grew closer, and selection based on behaviour eventually led to the domestication of the wildcat.

During my 3 - year fellowship in Cambridge, I worked on a variety of ecological and epidemiological problems, and also continued applying evolutionary game theory to animal behaviour, with Sigal and with other biologists.

Although moral codes appear to rule out the act of killing in the bridge experiment, most moral behaviour in animals appears focused on outcomes — the death of an individual, say — rather than the act that brought it about.

The animals did not show these behaviours on solid surfaces, suggesting that they are deliberate adaptations to water.

In a paper published online this week in Animal Behaviour, Shaw and her colleagues report wide variations in how well the birds did on multiple trials of each test.

Many of the bees simply stopped at the first feeder they encountered after the third landmark, even though this meant that they were nowhere near the feeder on which they had been trained (Animal Behaviour, vol 49, p 159).

Finding out more about whether animals exercise to keep fit could have important scientific implications, challenging existing orthodoxy on animal ecology and behaviour, says Halsey.

«Previous work has mostly focused on the effect of noise on the physiology and behaviour of individual animals.»

First, as Karlsson and Haase will reveal later this year in Animal Behaviour, the slugs circle one another until their sexual openings, found on their heads, touch.

University of Basel's page on sexual selection in hermaphrodites Anna Karlsson's home page Current issue of Animal Behaviour

Studies of germ - free rodents and other animals on gut - disrupting antibiotics show that changing microbial communities can impair memory and cause anxiety - like behaviours.

Haslam studies the evolution of behaviour and culture and thinks archaeology has focused too much on the highly unusual human animal.

That book, Beast and Man: The roots of human nature, drew on her studies of animal behaviour.

The bovines can defecate nine to 16 times daily, and pee seven to nine times, creating big hygiene problems on dairy and beef farms, Canadian researchers report this week in Applied Animal Behaviour Science.

The team's findings (to be published this autumn in Animal Behaviour) also bring new evidence to bear on ancient sexual conundrums such as the biological significance of masturbation.

A study from Uppsala University sheds new light on the pervasiveness of same - sex sexual behaviour in the animal kingdom.

Indeed, after the rook paper appeared, Christine Drea of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, published a study showing that spotted hyenas can cooperate on a similar task (Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016 / j.anbehav.2009.06.030).

Zoologist Desmond Morris wrote in his Animal watching: A field guide to animal behaviour that «compared to many hoofed animals on the plains of Africa, they are remarkably mobile and noisy and never attempt to hide in cover&rAnimal watching: A field guide to animal behaviour that «compared to many hoofed animals on the plains of Africa, they are remarkably mobile and noisy and never attempt to hide in cover&ranimal behaviour that «compared to many hoofed animals on the plains of Africa, they are remarkably mobile and noisy and never attempt to hide in cover».

Brendan Wintle at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has developed an alternative model that includes data on previous searches in remote regions, as well as aspects of the animal's biology and behaviour.

«But a lot of the earlier work on the faces of animals was actually done by Darwin, who argued that all humans and many animals show emotion through remarkably similar behaviours, so we thought there would likely be crossover between animals and our work in human faces.»

The insights come from studies of our remarkable tendency to anthropomorphise, which may explain everything from our opinions on abortion and animal rights to our behaviour when gambling.

«The resources of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and the UCL Biosciences mechanical workshop have enabled us to embark on a programme to develop more naturalistic, ethologically - relevant tasks where we can still monitor and control the animal's behaviour.»

Secondly, the dogs and wolves had to rely on behavioural cues, in which the experimenter only showed the location of the hidden food through her behaviour, without making any eye - contact with the animals.

The findings give new insights into the social behaviour of birds and demonstrate how social interactions can shape other aspects of wild animals» lives, such as the environmental conditions they will experience based on their choice of home location.

This was shown when police tracker dogs were given a scent trail that seemed to run in the opposite direction to a set of footprints on the ground; they invariably followed their noses and ignored the contradictory visual cues (Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol 84, p 297).

Research will aim to improve the predictive value of animal models for vaccine evaluation, provide consultancy on the selection of appropriate models, and develop innovative approaches to characterise in vivo antigen behaviour and host responses whilst reducing animal use.

This cognitive map can direct the animal's behaviour on the basis of distances and directions towards desired goals or away from undesirable objects and the locations.

The effect of risk of mortality on the foraging behaviour of animals faced with time - and digestive - capacity restraints.

Animal studies have also shown certain strains of Lactobacillus exert a positive effect on anxiety - related behaviour and responses to stress (13,18).

Results from animal studies recently likened the brain activity and behaviour of rats bingeing on sugar to those seen in drug addicts.

This package contains tiered report posters on 8 different animals: - birds - cats - dogs - fish - hamsters - lizards - rabbits - snakes Each poster includes the following categories: - home - food - family - care - behaviour © 2015 Regier Educational Resources

Animal behaviourists and veterinarians help to shed light on some of these odd behaviours.

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

After a few months of living on a farm she was unrecognizable in terms of behaviour and, for want of a better phrase, «animal self - esteem / self - image».

Each chapter follows a dog from the first day at Dogtown until he ultimately finds (or doesn't find) a permanent new home, focusing both on the relationship between the dog and the Dogtown staff and on the latest discoveries about animal health and behaviour.

She has also trained both dogs and people in animal shelters, lectured on dog behaviour at the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians conference and is the NW Coordinator and presenter for Doggone Safe, which teaches dog bite prevention classes to school aged children.

The information provided on this website is not intended to be a substitute for professional veterinary or animal behaviour advice.

Consultations with pet owners, veterinary clinics, and animal shelters on the following topics: Furniture - scratching • Fear and anxiety • Aggression • Litter - box issues • Undesirable behaviours (excessive vocalization, counter-surfing, destructive behaviours, and more) • Clicker training for cats Low - stress restraint and handling techniques • Making vet visits Fear Free • Reducing stress in shelter cats

Queensland: name the RSPCA Animal Training & Behaviour Centre for additional data in regard to programs available on [phone].