Animal Behavior (ECOL 487/587)
Fall 2010

Meghan submitted this video on orangutan map sense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56wq69gBQ5Y

Kristyn submitted this video on color signaling in male-male contests in cuttlefish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_kcnGiMtC0

Gabriel submitted this video on lion predation on zebras: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40CnnbNyEq0&feature=relmfu

Nichole submitted this video on toad free falling and predator avoidance, from the Life series:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/life-waterfall-toad-leaps-from-danger.html

Elizabeth submitted these videos on fungus gnat larvae aggregations, which move as one over the surface like a treadmill. Are they mimicking snakes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpUayCHVXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC9iqtOm2x4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4yI7g1JKc9I

Jessica submitted this Life series video on Monarch butterfly migration: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/life-monarch-butterfly-winter-migration.html

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Classmate Malissa sent this link to a great Quicktime video clip about the gradual evolution of the lens eye. It adds a bit of new information to what we went over in class, and some nice visuals. Check it out!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/1/quicktime/l_011_01.html

Read about the intracacies of mammalian alarm calls in Olivia Judson's blog "The Wild Side" in the NY Times. http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/leopard-behind-you/?ref=science

See news at nature.com about worms wriggling with weapons way down beneath the waves.

These deep sea worms respond to predators by releasing gas-filled balloons attached to their bodies which then glow. See a movie of them swimming.