animal displacement

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• displacement activity — Animal Behav. a behavior performed out of its usual context and apparently irrelevant to the prevailing situation, as eating when an unknown individual approaches, tending to occur when appropiate behaviors, as attacking or fleeing, are in… …   Universalium

• Animal language — is the modeling of human language in non human animal systems. While the term is widely used, most researchers agree that animal languages are not as complex or expressive as human language.Some researchers argue that there are significant… …   Wikipedia

• animal behaviour — Introduction       any activity of an intact organism.       A living animal behaves constantly in order to survive, and all animals must solve the same basic problems. They must, for instance, periodically replace their energy source (consume… …   Universalium

• animal communication — Transmission of information from one animal to another by means of sound, visible sign or behaviour, taste or odour, electrical impulse, touch, or a combination of these. Most animal communication uses sound (e.g., birds calling, crickets… …   Universalium

• Animal euthanasia — This article is about mercy killing of non human animals. For compassionate death in humans, see Euthanasia. Part of a series on Euthanasia …   Wikipedia

• Displacement (psychology) — In Freudian psychology, displacement (German Verschiebung, shift or move ) is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind redirects effects from an object felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to an object felt to be safe or acceptable.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Displacement (linguistics) — In linguistics, displacement is the capability of human language to communicate about things that are not immediately present. In 1960, Charles F. Hockett proposed displacement as one of 13 design features that distinguish human language from… …   Wikipedia

• animal breeding — Introduction  controlled propagation of domestic animals in order to improve desirable qualities. Humanity has been modifying domesticated animals to better suit human needs for centuries. Selective breeding involves using knowledge from several… …   Universalium

• Animal forensics — Forensische Beweisstücke. Das obere Präparat erwies sich als Faserspur, auf dem unteren Objektträger konnten Katzenhaare identifiziert werden. Unter animal forensics wird ein Zusammenschluss interdisziplinärer Methoden aus Kriminalbiologie,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• displacement activity — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms displacement activity : singular displacement activity plural displacement activities 1) something that you do in order to avoid dealing with an unpleasant situation 2) in biology and psychology,… …   English dictionary

• Wien's displacement law — Wien s Law redirects here. For the historical distribution law, see Wien s Distribution Law. Black body thermal emission intensity as a function of wavelength for various absolute temperatures. Wien s law is not obvious in the picture, because… …   Wikipedia