To analyze: The reason why egg retrieval behavior is geese is a fixed action pattern.
Introduction: A fixed action pattern is a term used to describe the fixed pattern of birds or other associated organisms. Most of the action patterns are the same for birds such as ducks, swans, and others.
Explanation of Solution
Egg retrieval behavior in geese can represent the principal habits of the geese. These actions are fixed and remain the same for all the geese. For example, if an egg of the female geese moves out of the nest, then the very first thing the female geese do is to roll back the moving egg inside the nest again, by using all their efforts and energy. The female geese will keep doing this until the egg will not be rolled back to the nest. The egg outside the egg is a stimulus that triggers the egg retrieval.
Want to see more full solutions like this?
Chapter 11 Solutions
WHAT IS LIFE? GDE.TO BIOLOGY W/PHYSIO.
- Question #1 What is importance of pharyngeal pouches in development? Question #2 What duct empty into the common bild duct?arrow_forwardOften reliquishing the young ones owing to food shortage is one of the common behaviour exhibited by mice.Clarify how this conduct might have developed due to life history and reproductive compromises?arrow_forwardWhy some animals provide parental care while some other like clams(mollusks),barnacles(crustaceans),many fish do not provide any parental care?arrow_forward
- Briefly describe the reproductive behavior of frogs. In what impor-tant ways do leopard frogs (Lithobates pipiens) and pygmy salamanders (Desmognathus wrighti) differ in their reproduction?arrow_forwardAnswer exhaustively, why are the protein receptors on the egg cell particularly important among aquatic animals that use external fertilization?arrow_forwardWhat fitness benefits might a crayfish that exhibits subordinate behaviors gain?(either male or female)arrow_forward
- Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)BiologyISBN:9781305389892Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillanPublisher:Cengage Learning