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A teleost of the ‘Labyrinthici order’, ‘Betta splendens’ has a pronounced aggressive instinct which is used to defend its nest. Shows various aspects of this aggressive behaviour and examines the...
The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,650 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...
There is more to hibernation than just ‘sleeping off the winter’. Observations of the Canadian ground-squirrel have shown that this animal can control its sleep, even at body temperatures close to...
The biology of adaptations for survival and the processes underlying natural selection. Set titles: 1. Predation. 2. Adaptive Colouration. 3. How Animals Eat. 4. Animal Societies. 5. Insect Societies.
A series of experiments, shown in logical sequence, to illustrate the way in which the different senses of the asp-viper come into play in predation. The general behaviour pattern falls into four parts: 1)...
Includes sequences showing experiments with the chimpanzee, orangutang and gibbon in its examination of the relationship between man and the apes.
Territorial behaviour of males - male excavating depression. Male building nest - courtship - reaction to models. Female spawning - male ‘prodding’ - reaction to female model in nest - early and late...
Study of the behaviour of ostriches. Made in Kenya with the co-operation of zoologist Lew Hurxthal who spent eight years conducting his research.
Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but...
Ponerine ant colonies are taken from their natural habitat and studied in the laboratory. They are individually marked and their behaviour and social organisation are studied. Shows the sociograms of...
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