ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Flehmen Response, Animal Communication, Nipple
16 May 2016
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Animal communication: visual: ear carriage in horses, emotion a. i. They can be greeting, eating, chasing, courting, mounting a. ii. Doing something it likes, positive behaviors: stamping in sheep, sheep give little outward symbols of their emotion, stomping foot shows that they are angry b. i. Huge litters, babies need to fight for food immediately (first 24 hours), top pig controls who gets the food. a. iv. Can be bad as piglets that choose a teat that doesn"t produce much milk will still stay with that teat even if there is an unclaimed teat next to it, will starve to death. In horses, gazelles: seen in male ruminants. As group gets older, they get louder: herd cohesion in horses (stick together tightly, very social herd animals, separation, care-giving, defense. Strong leader may not keep flock together so they form associations and aggregate according to those associations.
