sciences

Animal Behavior Assignment Due Monday March 21st 1. An animal’s behavior is inevitably influenced by what it eats. Define: a.) herbivore- a herbivore is an animal that only eats plants b.) carnivore- a carnivore is an animal that only eats meat c.) omnivore- an omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and meat d.) Identify one native Barbadian animal that interests you. One Barbadian animal that intrests me is the Underwoods Spectacled Tegu

e.) What does its diet consist of? (Unless you have personally conducted scientific studies of this animal, do some reading to find the answer.) It eat insects and other invertebrates

f.) When does this animal feed? Is it nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular? (You should look up those terms if you don’t know what they mean.) g.) Propose a hypothesis as to why this feeding schedule might be adaptive for the animal. 2. a.) Coral snakes are brightly colored with red, black and yellow bands. If you knew nothing about these snakes, why might such coloration be considered an odd evolutionary puzzle? This is probably considered am evolutionary puzzle because the snake is very bright and would not be able to hide from preditors very well because of it's color. b.) Some king snakes have bands of the same colors (though in a different sequence). This is thought to be an example of Batesian mimicry. What is Batesian mimicry? How might a king snake benefit from looking like a coral snake? (You may need to read a little about coral snakes to answer this one.) Batesian mimicry is when an animal copies the apperence of another more deadly animal to scare away preditors. The king snake copies the bright colors of the coral snake because preditors know that bright colors means that the animal is poisonus. So the king snake copies the colors to scare away preditors.