12 LABORATORY STUDIES UPON TYPIC ANIMALS 



ni. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR 



Teacher, designate such of the following as you wish to con- 

 sider for the animal you are studying. Student, do not guess 

 your answers. Find out by observation, experiment on the 

 animal, and by reading in advanced zoologies. 



1. Irritability. How shown? Why shown? Use? 



2. Reflexes. 



(1) Automatic actions. Name those of this animal? Why 



automatic? 



(2) Reflex actions. How, when, and why shown by this 



animal? Are these conscious or unconscious? 



3. Sensation. 



(1) Sense of touch. 



(a) Strong or weak? Why? 



(b) Relied upon for what information by this animal? 



(2) Taste. 



(a) Evidences of this sense? 



(b) Well or poorly developed? Why? 



(c) Relied upon for what information? 



(d) Organs of taste? Their location? 



(3) Smell. 



(a) Is this sense of smell well or poorly developed? 

 Why? 



(b) Evidences of the sense of smell? 



(c) Relied upon for what? Used at long or close range? 



(d) Any motion of the organs? 



(4) Sight. 



(a) Describe the organs of sight. Their location. 



(b) Relied upon for what? 



(c) Used at long or close range? 



(d) What portion of a circle, of which this animal is the 

 center, can it see without turning its head? With- 

 out turning its body? How? 



(5) Hearing. 



(a) Location of organs? 



(b) Are they well or poorly developed? 



(c) Consist of what? 



(d) Relied upon for what? 



