Zoology - July 2007

Can someone explain to me stimulus-response behavior in animals? Examples please?

2007-07-17 13:13:46 · 4 answers · asked by anonymous 1

I mean, birds can't look in a mirror to know they're a cardinal let's say. Yet, cardinals always pair up with other cardinals, and robins with robins, and so on. They're not like dogs that just hook up with anything available, why is that?

Is it because they recognize the return of their unique call/song?

And don't just say "instinct", I feel that is just a cop-out answer for those who really have no clue, not to mention it is quite obvious that instinct is involved. I am looking for a logical answer here. Thanks!

2007-07-17 12:56:16 · 7 answers · asked by pancakes & hyrup 6

Can someone explain to me avoidance behavior in animals? Examples please.

2007-07-17 12:55:08 · 4 answers · asked by anonymous 1

Hoping you know from your own experience, maybe.

Would it be better to get them when a baby?

Maybe they would be better tempered if you got two as babies so they could keep each other company?

Maybe they are just plumb cranky, is that it?

Please tell me what *you* know about in which ways they are useful.

thank you
Lakshmi

2007-07-17 11:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been told they are not poisonous but can be aggressive and will bite. One has taken up residence outside my office door and I'm not happy at all. I have been told it is harmless but my research seems to say otherwise. I don't want it killed but rather just "rehomed". I'm in the Jacksonville, FL area and by looking at pictures it looks like a Northern Black racer as it is very dark and about 3' long.

2007-07-17 11:18:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The nests look long and their are a few connected to eachother. I remember breaking one open a year ago and found dead spiders in them. And the spiders didn't look like the same kind either. Why do they do this?

2007-07-17 11:17:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 11:01:24 · 8 answers · asked by Schiller man 1

2007-07-17 10:30:29 · 6 answers · asked by dani b 2

2007-07-17 10:22:11 · 5 answers · asked by Philo 2

2007-07-17 09:32:27 · 16 answers · asked by Cookie 1

what happens in theese so called farms ???
what do u do with the peacocks??
do eat them ???
(thats nasty)

2007-07-17 09:12:41 · 14 answers · asked by amy 1

2007-07-17 07:56:39 · 9 answers · asked by rickyt 1

Consider fireworks Pets in general can't stand the sound of fireworks. We as human beings are just ignorant to there natural ability of fear towards the big bang. Are they born with this sense. Its happened before. We just forget.

2007-07-17 07:34:41 · 4 answers · asked by RACHEL C 1

2007-07-17 07:31:29 · 9 answers · asked by Marvelissa VT 6

2007-07-17 07:28:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

In our garage in VA we have a little cluster (about 3 or 4) spiders that are exactly the same shape as a black widow but pale beige and slightly different markings. One actually managed to capture a huge - around 4 times as big as it- spider and slowly wrapped it. What type of spider can catch things so much bigger than itself in suburban VA? I thought they only went for things smaler than it. Worried if it can kill something much bigger than itself is it a danger to my little girls? No idea about ameican spiders as Im from the UK where the most deadly thing is a london taxi. Thanks

2007-07-17 07:17:09 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

Iv been looking at doing voluntary work with animals an really find any good placements. Iv looked at places around where i live (Sheffield area) and not found much choice. Iv also looked at going to work abroad like in South Africa for two weeks and i was shocked to see how much these trips cost. Does anyone know of anywhere near Sheffield that would take on a volunteer or of a site that;s got cheap voluntary work abroad?

2007-07-17 06:49:56 · 3 answers · asked by Sophie H 4

2007-07-17 05:56:27 · 7 answers · asked by I dont know 4

Once it's winter you can't find a single bee,butterfly or a grasshopper where do they go especially the grasshoppers where do they hide and how do they survive the cold?

2007-07-17 05:47:50 · 4 answers · asked by svetulka_66 2

2007-07-17 05:42:41 · 3 answers · asked by Tcdog08 2

For example, does blood type matter or perhaps skin type or even fragrances or lotions? It has always baffled me how some people tend to get eaten alive while others don't even suffer a single bite . . . oh and this is primarily for mosquito bites.

2007-07-17 05:10:25 · 3 answers · asked by kpotato. 2

I hears that it was black underneath

2007-07-17 03:23:24 · 10 answers · asked by Jay V 2

2007-07-16 23:10:10 · 6 answers · asked by rhose 1

2007-07-16 21:54:56 · 15 answers · asked by NICOLA 2

how do chickens reproduce

2007-07-16 16:23:37 · 5 answers · asked by celinuchis90 3

I have a bug collecting project in biology and i have all of the prospective equiptment (black lights, nets, shovels, water, etc.) and if any one has any instructions on how to do so, your expertice would be greatly welcomed! thanks so much!

2007-07-16 16:22:52 · 3 answers · asked by ul have to c... 2

Top 10 or 20 however many you know.

2007-07-16 16:14:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-16 13:15:22 · 1 answers · asked by zebbie g 2

Are most spiders harmless?

2007-07-16 13:04:10 · 21 answers · asked by Ask Mike 4

I love sharks,thats why i'm asking for web sites that I can participate in without paying money?

2007-07-16 13:00:52 · 2 answers · asked by curious 2