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Contented Cows and Other Animals (1984 Video)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A survey of the scientific research programme being carried out in Britain on farm animals to discover more about their natural behaviour. Such work could lead to improvements in the way farmers treat them...

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Vigilance Behaviour in Barnacle Geese (1997)

Director

Neil Fraser

Subject

Agriculture; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL), £10.00

The video is a practical exercise for undergraduates in which students watch 21 flocks of geese which range in size from 1-20 birds. The students collect data on the frequency and duration of vigilance of...

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Winter’s Sleep, A (1986)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99

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...

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Social Primates (1993 Video)

Producer

Rissa de la Paz

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

Aims to develop students’ skills in the observation of social behaviour by looking at examples of conflict and co-operation that arise from group living. 1: Focuses on the social behaviour of rhesus...

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Image Processing in the Visual System of the Common Toad: Behaviour, Brain Function, Artificial Neuronal Net (1990 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1996 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Using an example of the visually directed prey-catching behaviour of the common toad, shows by which criteria objects are distinguished to trigger this behaviour, and how this information is processed in...

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Biology Series 4: Evolution and Behaviour (1981 Multimedia)

Producer

David W MacDonald

Subject

Biology

Distribution

out of distribution, Slides. 20-30 slides per set. col.

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.

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Functions of the Brain: Behaviour of Human and Animal (2008)

aka: Functions of the Brain: Behaviour of Man and Animal, Mechanism of the Brain

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £125.00

This silent film features documentary footage of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov’s laboratory, originally shown in 1932. It shows Pavlov performing an experiment with children who are fed cookies via a mechanical...

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Conflict of Interests, A (1992 Video)

Producer

Rissa de la Paz

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Conflict is common in the animal world; it might be over food, mates or territory. Disputes do not always end in fights; the occurrence and intensity of aggressive behaviours is directly related to the costs...

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Protohominid Behaviour in Primates (1953 Video)

Producer

M Kooij; A Kortlandt

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows chimpanzees in captivity drawing lines and throwing objects; apes reacting to a tiger; chimps reacting to a leopard; chimp with a rat; hostile throwing by baboon. Filmed 1953-1965.

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Predatory Behaviour of the Asp-Viper ('Vipera Aspis’) (1967 Film)

Director

G Naulleau

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

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)...

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