Review of terms on animal behavior

Identify the term that best matches the statement.

1.____________________ The method meerkats use to recognize, search for and capture their food.

2. ____________________ Young are born in the burrows and do not emerge until a few weeks of development has passed. Thus this process is rarely an issue the way it may be in an animal like a bird that hatches out in the open and could be exposed to animals other than their own species.

4. ____________________ Repeatedly exposing the meerkats to the hmmm hm hm sound resulted in a loss of response to the stimulus of human vocalization. This is an example of ____.

5. ____________________ A single female in a mob of meerkats will control the mating of other meerkats in the group. If another meerkat female mates and gives birth, she may destroy the offspring. This is a strong example of ____.

6. ____________________ Meerkat pups are still not skilled at digging and obtaining prey when they first begin foraging with the mob. They frequently “whine” in a high pitched voice and are fed by helper meerkats. The behavior of the pups is best described as ___ but the behavior of the helper is linked to __________________________.

7. _____________________