Agresion
Have you ever watched as one dog aprproached another dog that was eating a bone? What happened to the appareance of the dog with the bone? Did its hair on its back stick up? Did its curl its lips and make growling noises? This behaviour is aggression. AGGRESSION is a foreceful behaviour used to dominant or control another animal. Fighting and threatering are aggressive behaviour animals us to defend their territories, protect their young, or to get food.
Many animals demonstrate aggression. Some birds let their wings droop below their tail feathers. It may take another bird’s perch and thrust its head forward pecking motion as a sing of aggression. Cats lay their ears flat, arch their backs, and hiss.
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Animals of the same species seldom fight to the death. Teeth, beaks, claws, and horns are used for killin prey or for defending against members of a different species.
2007-01-15
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