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What is half-brain sleep?
Birds can remain partly conscious during sleep because of this.
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What is a matriarchal hierarchy?
Female is dominant
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What is some form of unambiguous communication?
This must exist for an effective organization to exist in a population that maintains social groups.
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What are birds or mammals?
Members of this group of vertebrates are known to bring food to their young.
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What is hibernation?
Greatly reducing body temperature and metabolism for a prolonged period, especially during winter.
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What is a division of labor?
Individuals have different roles in a group.
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What is a patriarchal hierarchy?
Male is dominant
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What is a non-pheromone?
A chemical signal that influences the behavior of another.
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What are twigs?
New Caledonian crows might use these to search for insects.
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What are birds?
Hibernation is rare among this group of vertebrates.
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What is mobbing behavior?
Individuals will chase away a predator.
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What is a dominant individual?
Have access to better food in a group
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What is a critical song-learning period?
Young birds are sensitive to the song of their species.
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What is the low availability of food?
This is the main ecological factor favoring cannibalism.
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What is estivation?
This is a state of dormancy during periods of great environmental stress, often without greatly reducing the metabolism.
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What is either eye?
Expected eye to be open when sleeping for a bird in the center position of a group.
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What is ritualized aggression?
Aggression that rarely results in injury.
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What is ultrasonic echolocation?
Bats are the only mammals known to use this as the principal means of locating prey.
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What are alligators and crocodiles?
This group of vertebrates have been known to use twigs and sticks to attract nest-building birds, which they then eat.
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What are ectotherms?
A hibernaculum is what these types of terrestrial vertebrates seek out to survive the winter.
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What is a reduced likelihood of becoming lunch?
Helps an individual in a group when a predator attacks.
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What is enhanced social knowledge?
Elephants have been shown to have higher fitness when they possess this.
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What is the ability to move small facial and ear muscles?
Vision is important in mammals because of this quality of the head.
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What is a communal activity?
In mammals with highly social societies, feeding is a _____ activity.
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What are semidormant hibernators?
Will have dormant periods during winter, but the body temperature may not reduce very much and/or the metabolism doesn't reduce very much.
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