Social stimuli influencing feeding behaviour of Burmese fowl: a video analysis
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Burmese red junglefowl aged between 21 and 28 days were exposed to videos of other fowl feeding, and their subsequent behaviour was influenced by their viewing, in that they showed a preference for feeding from the same type of bowl as used in the video. This preference was linked to how long the fowl viewed the video, and the length of time between viewing the video and testing. The fowl did not always respond to seeing other fowl near a dish with feeding sounds, as strongly as seeing other fowl eating from a dish, accompanied by sound. Fowl thus appear to learn from video images in a similar way to social learning from live birds.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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Factors influencing the hunting success of an African wild dog pack
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A study exploring the factors influencing the hunting success of an African wild dog pack was conducted. Results indicate that hunting success in affected more by the age of the prey and the number of individuals in the hunting pack over amount of cover, size of prey groups and distance chased. Packs usually targeted subadult males on the fringes of the herd. Size of hunting pack allowsa greater diversity in prey and affords more protection from competitors.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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Emotional fever in the lizard Callopistes maculatus (Teiidae)
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Three teid lizards were used in an experiment to investigate a possible rise in temperature due to handling, or emotional fever, and the results indicate that these lizards are indeed susceptible to such a temperature rise. The orgin of the fever was backed by the fact that the animals' temperatures fell to control levels in under two hours following handling. The results of this experiment are similar to results of a similar experiment involving rats.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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