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Behavior Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feeding Behavior | A behavior an animal consistently displays in order to find and consume food. |
| schooling | Tendency of small fish of a single species, size, and age to mass in groups. The school moves as a unit, which confuses predators and reduces the effort spent for mates |
| Genetic Drift | The random change in allele frequency in a population |
| Hibernation | a period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat |
| Innate Behavior | an inherited behavior that does not depend on the environment or experience |
| Learned Behavior | a behavior that has been learned from experience or observation |
| Mating ritual | an instinct connected with finding a mate for reproduction (ex. a male peacock spreads his long tailfeathers and does a dance in front of the female peahen to win her as a mate) |
| Migration | the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding |
| Territorial behavior | competitive behavior in which an animal tries to claim and defend a physical area against others of the same species |
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