ethology
101Emotion in animals — There is no scientific consensus on emotion in animals, that is, what emotions certain species of animals, including humans, feel. The debate concerns primarily mammals and birds, although emotions have also been postulated for other vertebrates… …
102Some Buried Caesar — infobox Book | name = Some Buried Caesar title orig = translator = author = Rex Stout cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Nero Wolfe genre = Detective fiction publisher = Farrar Rinehart release date = February 2,… …
103Female bonding — is the formation of a close personal relationship between women. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/female+bonding Female Bonding] theFreeDictionary.com ] Female bonding is a term that is used in ethology, social science, and in general usage to …
104Displacement activity — A displacement activity is the result of two contradicting instincts in a particular situation. Birds, for example, may peck at grass when uncertain whether to attack or flee from an opponent; similarly, a human may scratch his or her head when… …
105Seville Statement on Violence — The Seville Statement on Violence is a statement on violence that was adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain, on 16 May 1986. It was subsequently adopted by… …
106Dung midden — Dung middens, also known as dung hills,[1] are piles of dung that mammals periodically return to and build up.[2] They are used as a form of territorial marker. A range of animals are known to use them including: steenbok,[3] hyrax[4] (The dung… …
107Metaturnal — In animal behavior, metaturnality describes the behavior of sleeping partly during the daytime and partly during the night. Metaturnal animals include cats, rabbits, and mice. See also Nocturnality Cathemeral is the more accepted term. Cathemeral …
108Zoophilia — For other uses, see Zoophilia (disambiguation). Bestiality redirects here. For other uses, see Bestiality (disambiguation). Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον (zṓion, animal ) and φιλία (philia, friendship or love ), also known as zoosexuality, is… …
109Walter Heiligenberg — (January 31, 1938 ndash; September 8, 1994) is best known for his contribution to neuroethology through his work on one of the best neurologically understood behavioral patterns in vertebrate, Eigenmannia (Zupanc and Bullock 2006). This weakly… …
110Emile Waxweiler — (1867–1916) was a Belgian engineer and sociologist. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium as well as the International Institute of Statistics (Sarton 1917: 168).Waxweiler was born in Mechelen, Belgium, 22 May 1867, and died in a street …
