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Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek investigates primates world-wide. In 3 parts: 1) Lemurs: looks at prosimians, the earliest primates, including lemurs and bushbabies; 2) The Monkeys: shows marmosets, gelada baboons...
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...
Study of the behaviour of ostriches. Made in Kenya with the co-operation of zoologist Lew Hurxthal who spent eight years conducting his research.
Describes the studies of the American anthropologist Shirley Strum who, over a period of six years, observed a troop of baboons who live in Gilgil in the Rift Valley of Kenya. The ‘Pumphouse Gang’ is...
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.
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...
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...
A demonstration of linear peck order in domestic chickens and the subsequent social stability which results when each bird comes to know its place in the social hierarchy. Five previously unacquainted...
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)...
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...
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