Behavioral Interactions

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Behavioral Interactions

• Unit 5 - Lesson 3 Notes

The most videos youll watch in scienceEVER
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Social Behavior
Waggle Dance

• Social Behavior interactions among organisms of
  the same species.
• Examples
• Courtship and mating
• Caring for the young
• Claiming territories
• Protecting each other
• Getting food
• A society is a group of animals of the same
  species living and working together in an
  organized way.

Caring for Young VIDEO
https//www.youtube.com/watch?veQvCAjqaJBI
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Territorial Behavior

• A territory is an area that an animal defends
  from other members of the same species.
• Territories contain food, shelter, and potential
  mates.

This is MY tree!
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Territorial Behavior

• Defending territory from members of the same
  species is an instinctive behavior.
• Aggression is a forceful behavior used to
  dominate or control another animal.
• Submission animals might show submissive
  behavior to avoid conflict, to avoid being
  injured, or to show that another animal is
  dominant.

Sea Stars fight for territory Video
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vD3W4OCnHyCs
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Communication

• Communication is an action by the sender that
  influences the behavior of a receiver.
• Courtship behavior is one type of communication
  that is performed before mating.
• Chemical communication uses pheromones, which are
  chemicals produced by one animal that influence
  the behavior of another animal of the same
  species.

Bird of Paradise VIDEO
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vW7QZnwKqopo
Pheromone VIDEO
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vlTimYbxqokI
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Communication
Prairie Dog Communication
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vicaGIeOY9gc
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Communication

• Sound communication is used by vertebrates and
  many insects.
• Light communication
• Certain kinds of flies, marine organisms, and
  beetles have a special form of communication
  called bioluminescence.
• Bioluminescence may be used to lure prey, escape
  predators, or serve as marks of recognition.

Bioluminescence Video
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vUXl8F-eIoiM
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Cyclic Behavior

• Cyclic behavior is an innate behavior that occurs
  in a repeating pattern, often in response to
  changes in the environment.
• Circadian rhythm behavior based on a 24-hour
  cycle.
• Animals that are active during the day are
  diurnal.
• Animals that are active at night are nocturnal.

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Cyclic Behavior
Polar Bear VIDEO
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vOwZH_aT0FGI

• Hibernation is a cyclic response to cold
  temperatures and limited food supplies.
• An animal in hibernation remains inactive until
  the weather becomes warm in the spring.
• Body response body temperature and breathing
  rate drop.
• Some mammals and many amphibians and reptiles
  hibernate.

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Cyclic Behavior

• Estivation
• State of reduced activity similar to hibernation.
• Desert animals sometimes estivate due to lack of
  food or periods of drought.
• Migration is the instinctive seasonal movement of
  animals.
• Many birds and mammals move to new locations when
  the seasons change.
• Most animals that migrate do so in order to find
  food or to reproduce in an environment that is
  more favorable for the survival of its offspring.

The Tarantula Estivates!
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DEMO Using Google Earth to Track Animal
Migration