• It results in a series of involuntary contractions of the voluntary muscles, abnormal sensations, abnormal behaviors, or some combination of these events. (petplace.com)
  • Note what type of muscular activity or abnormal behavior does your pet exhibits during the seizures? (petplace.com)
  • Tics are abnormal movements or vocalizations that are diverse in presentation. (medscape.com)
  • 2) Some experts believe that some of the cat's vocalizations may have a defensive purpose, such as when a cat hisses to ward off another animal or when one meow in protest when it is being petted roughly. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • 7) Observing your cat's behavior and listening to their vocalizations will help you better understand their needs and motivations. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • Observe your cat's post-seizure behavior. (petplace.com)
  • This increased affection is believed to be caused by hormonal changes in the cat's body that affect its behavior and mood. (mymoggy.com)
  • In addition to emitting copulatory vocalizations during and after copulation (as it is mostly seen in primates), non-primate species also vocalize before engaging in mating. (wikipedia.org)
  • The percentage of vocalizations after copulation varies dependent on the non-human primate species studied. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vocalizations are used by group-living animals as aggressive and submissive signals during agonistic interactions, and are also used to maintain dominance hierarchies in many species. (awionline.org)
  • His groundbreaking anatomical system for identifying facial movement in humans has been adapted for an array of animal species, including various primates, dogs, cats, and horses. (paulekman.com)
  • After mentioning that some animals play silently and others noisily, as well as citing some brain activity that accompanies these behaviors, the authors wrote, 'Equivalents of laughter across a variety of species is indicative of play's origins and its evolutionary significance. (icr.org)
  • 1 Observations from different species showed that adult social interactions were affected by juvenile play activity, but none of these linked any playful behavior to increased survivability. (icr.org)
  • These ancient zodiac signs probably weren't based on real animal species . (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Vocalization plays a significant role in social communication across species such as speech by humans and song by birds. (news-medical.net)
  • They are found in all oceans of the world, but they have different characteristics and behaviors depending on the species. (craftgossip.com)
  • The latest study on New Zealand's blue whale population highlights the species' behavior and how it is influenced by environmental conditions. (onegreenplanet.org)
  • There are few studies about the mating behavior of the other species in the Order Insectivora. (bioone.org)
  • Female copulatory vocalizations, also called female copulation calls or coital vocalizations, are produced by female primates, including human females, and female non-primates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Copulatory vocalizations usually occur during copulation and are hence related to sexual activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • In humans, coital vocalizations are linked to sexual pleasure or sexual gratification and orgasm, hence occurring during copulation and serving as an expression of sexual pleasure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vocalizations that are made prior to copulation are named mating calls. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further effects of female calling on male's behavior are illustrated by spiders that have been shown to stridulate before copulation to inform males of sexual receptivity as well as during intercourse in order to influence male genitalic movements. (wikipedia.org)
  • In non-human primates, copulatory vocalizations begin towards the end of the copulatory act or even after copulation. (wikipedia.org)
  • My results suggest that vocalizations produced by males may serve to attract females and facilitate copulation whereas, vocalizations produced by females may serve to mediate social interactions with other females and as warning signals for newly weaned pups. (uncg.edu)
  • The observations revealed that the house musk shrew has a series of behaviors before copulation. (bioone.org)
  • Closely observe your elderly cat and let your vet know of any changes in her behavior, even if it seems small. (animalwellnessmagazine.com)
  • It can be difficult to determine whether your cat is mourning the loss of their owners, but if you observe changes in their behavior for longer than two weeks it could be a sign that your cat is grieving. (liquidimageco.com)
  • Joining field researchers as they observe sperm whales in the Caribbean, scarlet macaws in Amazonian Peru, and chimpanzees in Uganda's Budongo Forest, Safina explains how we know that many animals make use of that social flow, instead of only instinct or gene encodings. (kios.org)
  • Therefore it has become easy to observe the behavior under the controlled condition in a laboratory. (bioone.org)
  • 2019. Pawsitively sad: Pet-owners are more sensitive to negative emotion in animal distress vocalizations. (awionline.org)
  • without it, social animals experience distress and face severe developmental consequences. (wikipedia.org)
  • Generally this method causes the animal little or no fear or distress. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • The AVMA report on euthanasia emphasizes '[t]he need to minimize animal distress, including fear, anxiety, and apprehension, [in] determining the method of euthanasia. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • A route of injection should be chosen that causes the least distress in the animal for which euthanasia must be performed. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • Distress vocalizations, fearful behavior, and release of certain odors or pheromones by a frightened animal may cause anxiety and apprehension in other animals. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • They can frequently be seen patrolling their territories, investigating scent markings left by other pandas, leaving scent marks, climbing trees, playing in water and making bleating and chirping vocalizations. (si.edu)
  • The two sexes contacted each other 'politely', came to mounting by continuous following, and the male finished with a series of post-ejaculatory offensive behaviors and scent markings. (bioone.org)
  • 20,000 Hz and hence not discernible by the human ear) to attract females, with the quantity of calls being related to the male's mating success, making these vocalizations a sexually selected trait. (wikipedia.org)
  • This ratio was maintained until the male's post-ejaculatory offensive behavior finished. (bioone.org)
  • Animal behavior is motivated by the fundamental need to feed and reproduce, and these behaviors can be inferred from spatiotemporal variations in biological signals such as vocalizations. (researchgate.net)
  • Spatiotemporal patterns in vocalization behavior free from direct human influence, which occurs during traditional vocal-lure surveys, may also yield novel behavioral insights. (westernfieldornithologists.org)
  • This behavior, though initially believed to be an attempt to wash food, is more likely a result of their heightened tactile sensitivity. (themocracy.com)
  • Publishing in the Quarterly Review of Biology , researchers Kerrie Graham and Gordon Burghardt wrote, 'Play behavior is a paradox in humans and animals, being ubiquitous yet ambiguous. (icr.org)
  • Research into the underlying neurobiological basis and heritable nature of vocalizations in humans and animals has identified promising genes and neural networks involved in vocal production, auditory processing and social communication. (news-medical.net)
  • The problem is that, eventually, "[d]escription - and only description - became 'the' science of animal behavior," Safina writes in his book, which was published last summer. (thecut.com)
  • In Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, ecologist and veteran author Carl Safina writes: "It's as if we are just waking up from a long journey through space and having a look around an interesting new planet. (kios.org)
  • Culture is information and behavior that flows socially and can be learned, retained, and shared," Safina says. (kios.org)
  • Combining the knowledge of a seasoned scientist with the skills of a good storyteller, Safina invites us to leave our cultural worlds and enter animals' ones to see just how they work. (kios.org)
  • At one point Safina goes so far as to note the "tedious ridiculousness" of chimpanzee male dominance behavior, concluding that males' intense interest in high rank "wastes the potential for better-quality time. (kios.org)
  • One of the main purposes of females vocalizing is the induction of mate guarding behavior in males. (wikipedia.org)
  • Females produce more 3SV vocalizations than males and the mean overall modulation and bandwidth were lower in males than females. (uncg.edu)
  • Males will mark their territories doing a behavior called "urine hopping" (which looks like they are hopping on one foot as they urinate). (si.edu)
  • Female pandas will bleat to the males and eventually make a "chirping" vocalization to show interest. (si.edu)
  • Female pandas will make a "chirping" vocalization to attract any nearby males and indicate they are ready to breed. (si.edu)
  • C, D) No difference between PRCre and control females in sniffing WT males during assays of female sexual behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • This is the 5th volume of selected discussions that took place on the electronic Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum between February 2016 and December 2019. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Automatic classification of cat vocalizations emitted in different contexts. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Only when it feels good: Specific cat vocalizations other than meowing. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Stable individual differences in vocalisation and motor activity during acute stress in the domestic cat. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Ultrasonic vocalization of pup and adult fat-tailed gerbils (Pachyuromys duprasi). (awionline.org)
  • Animal Cognition 13 , 861-870. (upenn.edu)
  • In an article published by Animal Cognition , researchers noted that the cats they studied responded when their pet parents said their names. (hillspet.com)
  • The authors of the Animal Cognition study noted in The Independent that "cats, unlike dogs, have not been domesticated to obey humans' orders. (hillspet.com)
  • Both scientists make the case for something the biologist Gordon Burghardt called "critical anthropomorphism" - using your own human intuition and understanding as a starting point for understanding animal cognition. (thecut.com)
  • Even Jane Goodall caught some flak for going so far as to "humanize" her chimp research subjects by giving them names, and as recently as the 1990s, a writer in the prestigious journal Science advised that research concerning animal cognition "isn't a project I'd recommend to anyone without tenure. (thecut.com)
  • Better data, including advances in neuroimaging technology and videos from scientists doing fieldwork, is now forcing many to reconsider some very basic questions of animal cognition. (thecut.com)
  • As these intelligent mammals roam through forests and city neighborhoods, their vocalizations are crucial in their communication and interactions. (themocracy.com)
  • Samuni followed them all day, recording their behaviors and interactions until they chose their new sleeping spot. (wbaa.org)
  • Because of the time and date stamp attached to the vocalizations, the investigators expect that this tool will be useful in correlating vocalizations with video recorded behavioral interactions, allowing additional information to be mined from mouse models relevant to the social deficits experienced by persons with autism. (news-medical.net)
  • WIKIMEDIA, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Working to understand the complexities of social behavior, scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have mapped characteristics associated with how and why fish swim in schools to stretches of the three-spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) genome. (the-scientist.com)
  • The researchers suggested that understanding how and why fish school could help them pinpoint the genetic characteristics associated with similarly complex social behaviors in other animals, and even humans. (the-scientist.com)
  • Some of the same brain regions and neurological chemicals that control human social behavior are probably involved in fish social behavior as well. (the-scientist.com)
  • Lions have space to roam and socialize as they would in the wild, promoting natural social behaviors. (lionstigersandbears.org)
  • LTB also creates opportunities for social interaction and enrichment activities that are tailored to the specific needs of each animal resident. (lionstigersandbears.org)
  • Male mice produce ultrasonic vocalizations in the presence of females and both sexes sing during friendly social encounters. (news-medical.net)
  • Understanding the complicated vocalizations of mice -- and how they relate to their social behavior -- will be crucial to advancing vocal and social communication research, including understanding how genes that affect vocal communication relate to children with developmental disorders including autism,' said Levitt, who is also WM Keck Provost Professor in Neurogenetics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. (news-medical.net)
  • The resulting painting, "Orca Sea,"captures the highly social behavior and lifetime bonding of these apex hunters in a way that only Wyland can. (wyland.com)
  • They are highly intelligent and social animals, often living in pods of 10-15 individuals. (craftgossip.com)
  • Yet, their behavior is also very different in two important aspects - their social order and what they hunt. (a-z-animals.com)
  • Even in the relatively few cases where aggression is related to rank, applying animal social theory and mimicking how animals would respond can pose a problem. (hsmo.org)
  • Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by social interaction deficiencies in the verbal language domain and may incur in repetitive, stereotyped, and restricted gestural behaviors. (bvsalud.org)
  • The object of our study aimed to review and to correlate genes involved in ASD and those related to ultrasonic communication in animal model studies of language-based social behavior at the PubMed database. (bvsalud.org)
  • The majority of behaviors owners want to modify, such as excessive vocalization, unruly greet- ings, and failure to come when called, are not related to valued resources and may not even involve aggression. (hsmo.org)
  • Because fear and anxiety are common causes of aggression and other behavior problems, including those that mimic resource guarding, the use of punishment can directly exacerbate the problem by increasing the animal's fear or anxiety (AVSAB 2007). (hsmo.org)
  • Second, it fails to recognize that with wild animals, dominance-submissive relationships are reinforced through warning postures and ritualistic dominance and submissive displays. (hsmo.org)
  • If the relationship is stable, then the submissive animal defers automatically to the dominant individual. (hsmo.org)
  • Conversely, pets subjected to threats or force may not offer submissive behaviors. (hsmo.org)
  • During estrus, female cats may exhibit a behavior known as "lordosis" when they raise their hindquarters and lower their front body in a posture that makes them more receptive to mating. (mymoggy.com)
  • This behavior is also a way for cats to mark their territory with their scent, released from glands on their belly and paws. (mymoggy.com)
  • Coyotes are abundant in the western U.S. and are becoming more common in the eastern U.S. Scent stations, trail cameras, vocalization responses, mark-recapture, scat counts, and track counts are techniques that have been used to assess relative or absolute abundance for small geographic areas but are difficult to implement statewide. (azgfd.com)
  • For the animal, it is usually no different than having blood drawn or a shot given by a veterinarian. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • The animal can be held by an attendant while a veterinarian or technician administers the injection. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • Our behavior consultant and veterinarian have the knowledge and skill required. (companionanimalsolutions.com)
  • If you are unsure whether your cat is in heat or exhibiting other concerning behaviors, it's always a good idea to consult your veterinarian for advice. (mymoggy.com)
  • Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of laboratory rodents indicate animal emotional arousal and may serve as models of human disorders. (awionline.org)
  • Muroid rodents regularly use ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). (uncg.edu)
  • Mice have been genetically well characterized and used extensively for research on autism as well as in other areas, but until now there have been limitations to studying their ultrasonic vocalizations. (news-medical.net)
  • The team of investigators developed and demonstrated a signal-processing tool that provides rapid, automated, unsupervised and time/date stamped analysis of the ultrasonic vocalizations of mice. (news-medical.net)
  • Because there is such a wide variation in the types of ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice, in order to analyze the information researchers have had to develop ways of categorizing and combining sounds they perceived to be similar using manual or semi-automated techniques. (news-medical.net)
  • Describing spatial and temporal occurrence patterns of wild animal populations is important for understanding their evolutionary trajectories, population connectivity, and ecological niche specialization, with relevance for effective management. (researchgate.net)
  • Additionally, it can be beneficial to keep a log of any changes in behavior to help detect any patterns that may help to identify any health problems. (zacjohnson.com)
  • This database, created in 2000, is updated every three months with newly published scientific articles, books, and other publications related to improving or safeguarding the welfare of animals used in research. (awionline.org)
  • It's Okay to Cry - Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum [LAREF], Volume V. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC. (awionline.org)
  • Concerning vocalization, an aspect of increasing relevance directly connected with the welfare of such animals is its emotional interpretation. (awionline.org)
  • Agonistic vocalization behaviour in the male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). (awionline.org)
  • The behavioural assessment of individual animals in stressful situations should consider measures which are consistent across repeated testing, and therefore truly representative of an individual's behaviour. (awionline.org)
  • Animal Behaviour 87 , 23-29. (upenn.edu)
  • Animal Behaviour 84 , 21-27. (upenn.edu)
  • Animal Behaviour 80 , 3-8. (upenn.edu)
  • Animals from the cecal ligation and puncture + m-amphetamine (.5 and/or 1.0 mg/kg) group showed an increase in locomotion, exploratory and risk-like behaviour when compared with the Sham + Saline group and with its respective Sham groups. (bvsalud.org)
  • Her vocalizations toward him become more friendly when she nears estrus. (si.edu)
  • Unlike other animals, such as dogs, female cats do not typically experience bleeding or discharge during their heat cycle or estrus. (mymoggy.com)
  • Rolling on the ground is a common behavior exhibited by cats during estrus. (mymoggy.com)
  • Not all cats exhibit this behavior during estrus, and rolling on the ground can also be a sign of other behaviors, such as playfulness or relaxation. (mymoggy.com)
  • Though not always seen, their vocalizations, consisting of howls, yelps, and barks, are regularly heard during almost any night spent in the field. (azgfd.com)
  • 2022. Cat vocalization in aversive and pleasant situations. (awionline.org)
  • Hormones and Behavior 56 , 472-480. (upenn.edu)
  • Even if Mei Xiang is an aging female, her hormones, vaginal cytology, and behaviors progressed in the same way as they have in past years, from the onset of breeding season until the day of the artificial insemination. (si.edu)
  • Sexual behavior in animals. (uncg.edu)
  • We examined 2016 United States market research to understand the demographics and sexual health testing behaviors of dating app users. (cdc.gov)
  • The shrew was domesticated as a laboratory animal in the United States by Dryden (1968) and in Japan by Kondo and Oda (1977) . (bioone.org)
  • Vocalizations that occur before intercourse, for the purpose of attracting mates, are known as mating calls. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rather, these behaviors occur because they have been inadvertently rewarded and because alternate appropriate behaviors have not been trained instead. (hsmo.org)
  • The AVSAB emphasizes that the standard of care for veterinarians specializing in behavior is that dominance theory should not be used as a general guide for behavior modification. (hsmo.org)
  • Instead, the AVSAB emphasizes that behavior modification and train- ing should focus on reinforcing desirable behaviors, avoiding the reinforcement of undesirable behaviors, and striving to address the underlying emotional state and motivations, including medical and genetic factors, that are driving the undesirable behavior. (hsmo.org)
  • Found in western Asia, the wild goat is a curious animal that prefers to hide in its mountain habitat rather than lock horns like mountain goats. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Whether you encounter them in the wild or the cityscape, learning about raccoon vocalizations promises to shed light on their captivating world. (themocracy.com)
  • FLICKR, ARRANET In the first reported study to investigate nighttime antipredator behavior among wild Asian elephants, researchers from the University of California, Davis, showed that the animals are able to distinguish playback growls of tigers, their occasional predators, from those of leopards, which pose a much greater threat. (the-scientist.com)
  • Our team works to recreate the specific ecosystems where these animals would thrive in the wild. (lionstigersandbears.org)
  • Alaska teams with opportunities to see wild animals in their natural settings, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has produced this audio guide to highlight where to look and what to see along the Alaska Marine Highway System. (alaska.gov)
  • In the last several decades, our understanding of dominance theory and of the behavior of do- mesticated animals and their wild counterparts has grown considerably, leading to updated views. (hsmo.org)
  • Becoming Wild is Safina's seventh book for adults, and it extends this new awareness of animal intelligence and emotion to questions of animal culture. (kios.org)
  • Some maintain that it is more useful to consider the expressions as simply communicative signals, and many studies have done that, describing only what animals do. (paulekman.com)
  • The vocalizations of female elephants are also used in order to incite mate guarding behavior in the male, which manifests itself in the form of fighting off any newly arriving mates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Not only females make use of this, as male Columbian ground squirrels have been observed to use copulatory vocalizations in order to announce their post-copulatory mate guarding to others. (wikipedia.org)
  • Audiences are engaged by attempting to mimic bird songs and participate as a group with male to female vocalizations. (ucla.edu)
  • In a paper appearing online today (September 12) in Current Biology , the researchers present a quantitative trait locus analysis of schooling behavior between lab-reared hybrids of strongly schooling marine sticklebacks and weakly schooling freshwater varieties. (the-scientist.com)
  • The researchers traveled to a peat swamp forest in Sumatra's Gunung Leuser National Park to study this calling behavior. (the-scientist.com)
  • According to Allison Knoll, PhD, of CHLA, first co-author on the study, researchers in the field have been aware of and working to interpret the meaning of mouse vocalization by categorizing the sounds using a syllable classification system - with discrete sounds defined as syllables. (news-medical.net)
  • ABSTRACT: Emerging bioacoustic technology allows researchers to passively record animal vocalizations to study population dynamics at relatively broad spatial scales. (westernfieldornithologists.org)
  • Growls and hisses are defensive and aggressive vocalizations. (themocracy.com)
  • When reacting to leopard-growl playbacks, on the other hand, the animals lingered, producing aggressive vocalizations and showing alert and investigative behaviors. (the-scientist.com)
  • Cats have been known to use a variety of vocalizations, but scientists still do not fully understand all the meanings behind them. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • The AVMA's 2013 Guidelines on Euthanasia of Animals states use of carbon monoxide gas is "not recommended" for "routine euthanasia" of dogs and cats. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • Intravenous injection of a barbituric acid derivative is the preferred method for euthanasia of dogs, cats, other small animals, and horses. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • Foxes and wolves belong to the same taxonomic family - Canidae, the dogs - and as such have many behaviors in common. (a-z-animals.com)
  • AVSAB is concerned with the recent re-emergence of dominance theory and forcing dogs and other animals into submission as a means of preventing and correcting behavior problems. (hsmo.org)
  • Animal play is not a single trait, but a behavior resulting from a host of traits such as certain neural connections and instinctive behavioral habit data. (icr.org)
  • FLICKR, MIKAKU Planning is widely considered a uniquely human trait, but other animals have also shown an ability to plan for future needs. (the-scientist.com)
  • Unlike most rabbits, the Amami rabbit has calls and vocalizations to communicate with other Amamis. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Specialty pets can include birds, reptiles, and small animals such as rabbits and hamsters. (zacjohnson.com)
  • Regarding animal models in ASD, many studies focus on gene expression, cortical neuronal migration and cell maturation, and neural network deficits. (bvsalud.org)
  • If there were clear survival advantages to animal play, then evolutionists would connect that survival factor with an evolutionary past, even without establishing a heritable basis for such a complicated behavior. (icr.org)
  • The cats mostly responded to their humans' voices through orienting behavior, such as ear movement and head movement, rather than through communicative behavior, like vocalization and tail movement. (hillspet.com)
  • Other behaviors, such as vocalization and tail twitching, can accompany this posture. (mymoggy.com)
  • Complex motor tics involve movements that often involve multiple muscle groups and may appear as semipurposeful movements or behaviors. (medscape.com)
  • Temple and Konstantareas found that persons with DS and AD have less severe psychotic behaviors, fewer hallucinations, and fewer delusions and were more likely to engage in physical movements than those with AD only. (medscape.com)
  • We plan each enclosure to provide ample room for the animals to roam, explore, and express natural behaviors . (lionstigersandbears.org)
  • A study on human classification and interpretation of domestic cat vocalizations. (awionline.org)
  • Although the domestic cat (Felis catus) is probably the most widespread companion animal in the world and interacts in a complex and multifaceted way with humans, the human-cat relationship and reciprocal communication have received far. (awionline.org)
  • While created to study human expression, Dr. Ekman's Facial Action Coding System (FACS) has served an important role in the study of animal emotions and facial expressions. (paulekman.com)
  • What makes any vocalization in an animal an equivalent to human laughter? (icr.org)
  • 2 However, animal and human play make sense in the context of creation, where a powerful and benevolent God wove both aesthetic and survival traits together into each of His creatures. (icr.org)
  • Cats may not process human language in the same way that humans do, but studies show that cats recognize and, in some cases respond to, human vocalizations, gestures and expressions - depending on whether they feel like it , of course. (hillspet.com)
  • This tool removes bias by fully automating the processing of vocalizations using signal-processing methods employed in human speech and language analysis,' said Knoll. (news-medical.net)
  • Inspired by the thousand-cranes story, it evolves into a million birds and drones that address the complex relationship of machine, human and animal through multi-dimensional sound, video, and origami-based designs. (ucla.edu)
  • We describe here a comprehensive process to develop a diagnostic framework (including quality control assessments), for disambiguating the signs of SRPs as an example of a heterogeneous behavioral syndrome in non-human animals requiring greater diagnostic and treatment precision. (frontiersin.org)
  • This review collects the currently available data from animal and human studies and discusses the potential mechanisms of action of resveratrol in prevention and therapy for psychiatric disorders. (bvsalud.org)
  • These tables and figures provide supplemental information not published in Surveillance for harmful algal bloom events and associated human and animal illnesses-One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System, United States, 2016-2018 ( MMWR Weekly ). (cdc.gov)
  • There were 73 HAB events with associated human cases, 42 with associated animal cases, and 6 with associated human and animal cases. (cdc.gov)
  • There were 389 cases of human illnesses and at least 413 cases of animal illnesses associated with reported HAB events. (cdc.gov)
  • Two separate HAB events produced peaks of human and animal cases, as seen in this figure. (cdc.gov)
  • HAB event month was assigned based on available data, using the following hierarchy: 1) bloom observation date, 2) month of bloom notification, 3) earliest date of an associated human or animal case. (cdc.gov)
  • Evolution and Human Behavior. (lu.se)
  • They use a variety of vocalizations, including whistles and clicks, to communicate with one another. (craftgossip.com)
  • Cats communicate with each other through a variety of vocalizations and body language. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • Review and update of ultrasonic vocalization in animals: Correlation with autism spectrum disorder experimental models? (bvsalud.org)
  • It can also be used to communicate with other cats or to show dominance over another animal. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • For decades, some traditional animal training has relied on dominance theory and has assumedthat animals misbehave primarily because they are striving for higher rank. (hsmo.org)
  • To understand how and whether to apply dominance theory to behavior in animals, it's imperative that one first has a basic understand- ing of the principles. (hsmo.org)
  • While the various animal FACS systems do not make direct inferences about underlying emotions, the observable objective measurements made possible by these systems provide promising platforms for future research further investigating the relationship between animal facial expressions and emotion. (paulekman.com)
  • Animal behavioral science began in the 1910s and 1920s by focusing on description in order to combat superstition (cats are not witches' familiars, tortoises are not especially tenacious, and grasshoppers are not lazy, etc). (thecut.com)
  • One behavior she's seen frequently is groups of animals on border patrols, quietly and slowly traveling to the edges of their territories to scan for signs of other chimp groups. (wbaa.org)
  • It is agreed that coital vocalizations fulfill an evolutionary purpose and that they serve as adaptive solutions to problems that the females face, such as infanticide, as well as obtaining high quality sperm. (wikipedia.org)
  • The study's authors offered a mixture of interesting observations from recent studies of animal play along with confused, unscientific 'explanations' within an evolutionary context. (icr.org)
  • Even after renewed research efforts, animal play continues to defy evolutionary origins. (icr.org)
  • In regard to the calling properties, frequency analysis is typically used in research to look at the complexity of the vocalization and to distinguish between calls, which is important in determining their function. (wikipedia.org)
  • Members are our strongest champions of animal conservation and wildlife research. (si.edu)
  • The metaphor of the Tortoise and the Hare can be applied to the speed of life of animals of all sizes, according to new research. (scienceupdate.com)
  • Through careful observation, research, and a lot of patience, it is possible to uncover the hidden meanings behind cats' vocalizations. (realdetroitweekly.com)
  • This has been the prevailing mode of thought in this line of scientific inquiry for most of the last century - to staunchly avoid, and even ridicule, any research project that dared to suggest that animals might be thinking or feeling in the same way that humans do. (thecut.com)
  • 5. Kids Dolphin Craft - The Kids Dolphin Craft is a fun and easy way to engage children and teach them about these fascinating animals. (craftgossip.com)
  • Cats employ vocalizations for communicating information, thus their sounds can carry a wide range of meanings. (awionline.org)
  • Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. (lu.se)