Saturday, September 12, 2009

Natural selection favors behaviors that increase survival

Foraging behavior is a compromise between feeding costs and feeding benefits. It includes eating and mechanisms that optimize feeding by increasing food and decreasing energy and risks.
Herds, flocks and schools help animals hide,
watch out for predators, and defend each other.   
     
Mating Behavior is seeking or attracting of mates and selecting mates, and competing for a mate.

Agonistic behaviors is an agressive contest of some kind that lets a whick competitor gain access to some resource such as food such as food or mates . Agonistic behavior can be present while mating and chosing a mate. (fight to gain)

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