ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
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TWO TYPES

• INNATE - BORN WITH IT
• e.g. suckling
• LEARNED - AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES.
• e.g fear, social behavior

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PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR
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FEEDING OR INGESTIVE

• INVOLVES EATING AND DRINKING
• SUCKLING, GRAZING PATTERNS

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ELIMINATIVE

• DEFICATION AND URINATION
• CAMPS BEHAVIOUR

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SHELTER SEEKING

• DESIRE TO SEEK THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
• AVOID DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE SEEKING SHADE, AVOID DANGEROUS
  SITUATIONS

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AGONISTIC

• COMBATATIVE BEHAVIOUR
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE FIGHTING, FLIGHT OR ESCAPE,
  SUBMISSION
• MOST COMMON IN MALES

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ALLELOMIMETIC

• MIMIC OR COPYING BEHAVIOUR
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE MOVING AS GROUP
• CAN USE THIS TO HANDLE ANIMALS SUCH AS MUSTERING

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INVESTIGATIVE

• EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOUR USUALLY SIGHT OR SMELL
• EXAMPLE IS THE BEHAVIOUR OF ANIMALS WHEN PUT INTO
  A NEW PADDOCK

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SEXUAL

• COURTING AND MATING BEHAVOIURS
• MALE FEMALE INTERACTION AND SEEKING OUT MATES ARE
  IMPORTANT BEHAVIOURS.

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EPIMELETIC

• CARE GIVING BEHAVOIUR
• USUALLY A FEMALE ROLE AND IS STIMULATED BY
  HORMONES.
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE, SEPARATION PRIOR TO GIVING
  BIRTH, LICKING NEW BORN ANIMALS, NEST BUILDING
• BONDING
• SIGHT, SMELL ARE IMPORTANT SENSES

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ET-EPIMELETIC

• ATTENTION SHOWN TO MOTHER FROM OFFSPRING.
• IT IS AN INNATE BEHAVIOUR. THAT IS, IT IS
  INSTINCTIVE
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE SEEKING TEATS OUT AFTER BIRTH,
  CALLING AND RETURNING TO ITS MOTHER FOR PROTECTION