1. Animal Behavior
Behavior – the way an organism acts toward its environment
Warm up – Name some behaviors that you see in the pictures above.

2. Behavior – the way an organism acts toward its environment
Animal Behavior
Behavior – the way an organism acts toward its environment

3. Staying Alive! The Name of The Game is:
Organisms aren’t like humans and have to worry about being eaten as part of the food chain!

4. Behavior that is based on instinct – it is not learned
Word Definition Picture
Behavior that is based on instinct – it is not learned
1. Innate Behavior
Example -kittiwakes – birds live on ledges, the chicks don’t move

5. Behavior that is not instinct – the animal has to learn it
Word Definition Picture
Behavior that is not instinct – the animal has to learn it
2. Learned Behavior

6. Word Definition Picture
interactions among organisms of the same species
3. Social behavior
- Caring for young, protecting each other
- Help with survival of the species

7. Word Definition Picture
defending a territory from members of the same species
4. Territorial Behavior
- for feeding, mating, and raising young
Examples: walruses will fight for territory to mate

8. Word Definition Picture
a forceful act used to dominate or control another animal
5. Aggression

9. Word Definition Picture
behavior that animals perform before mating; usually to attract a mate
6. Courtship behavior
Examples: Male peacock will display colorful feathers
Male wolf spiders “dance”

10. ALL BEHAVIORS HELPS THE ANIMALS TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE!

11. “I dig down into the mud in a nice pond to spend my winters!”
Many animals have to deal with the winter cold and lack of food during that time. They do so by a variety of methods!
Monarch Butterflies fly to Mexico every year by the millions!
“I dig down into the mud in a nice pond to spend my winters!”

13. Word Definition Picture
A time of reduced activity during the winter to avoid the cold weather and limited food
7. Hibernation

14. Word Definition Picture
Traveling from one place to another (example: birds migrate south for the winter)
8. Migration
To find food or reproduce in a better environment

15. Exit slip QUESTIONS
What types of behaviors help out wolves that are living in a pack? (there can be more than one!)
Compare and contrast migration to hibernation?
What is aggression? Give an example of this in the animal world.