Content Standard 6.2 Responses to external stimuli can result from interactions with the organism's own species and others, as well as environmental changes; these responses either can be innate (in-born) or learned. Broad patterns of behavior exhibited by animals have changed over time to ensure reproductive success.
Learned Behaviors
Intelligence - 19 min
In-born Behaviors
A period of winter inactivity
Hibernate - 8 min
What this guy does if his pond dries up in the summer.
Why do animals migrate?
Animals migrate because of weather, food, or water.
Migration - 7 min
Birds use migration clues such as the sun & stars, mountains, and changes in the earth’s magnetic field.
Monarchs - 15 min
Animal Communication - 16 min
Each animal species has certain behaviors that are related to mating.
Beetles - 3 min
Squids - 2 min
Amphibians - 4 min
Ospreys - 5 min
Rhinos - 3 min
Nesting - 2 min
Precocial birds lay many eggs and incubate them for a long time. The young are active as soon as they hatch. precocial altricial
Altricial birds lay few eggs and incubate them for a short time. The young are helpless when they hatch. precocial altricial
Parenting - 8 min
Predation refers to the relationship between a predator and its prey. Prey Predator Predator’s predator
Predation - 9 min
North American Cats - 10 min
Polar Bears - 1 min
Snakes - 2 min
Forked Tongues - 7 min
Bullfrogs - 2 min
Birds of Prey - 5 min
Eagles & DDT - 3 min
Bioluminescence - 2 min
Egg-layers Pouched Placental
Mammals - 4 min
Oviparous Viviparous
2 species 350 species 95% of all mammals
Vertebrate Embryos
Nose Mouth & Jaws Heart Ear Stomach and Small Intestine Large Intestine Umbilical Cord Future Vertebrae Arteries Veins General Embryo Anatomy Brain
Reptiles Birds Monotremes
Platypus DANGER Poison
Platypus and Echidna lay eggs and produce milk
Platypus - 5 min
Echidna - 5 min
Although marsupials are viviparous, (give birth to live young), the young are born VERY prematurely.
Kangaroos - 10 min
95% of all Mammals
The period of time between fertilization and birth
Animal Gestation (Days)Animal Gestation (Days) Opossum 12Grizzly Bear 220 Mouse 19Cow 284 Rabbit 31Horse 330 Eagle 44Whale 360 Dog 61Giraffe 425 Cat 63Rhino 540 Pig 112Asian Elephant 645 Goat 151 Deer 201
What is the gestation period of a human?
280 days