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Also Known As group behaviour

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Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: herd of gnu (wildebeests)
Army ants
European bison (Bison bonasus)
lek
E.O. Wilson
Millipedes (class Diplopoda) mating on a branch.
Two American rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina americana) mating.
types of natural selection
Aggregation of pink-edged sulfur butterflies (Colias interior).
Schoolmasters (Lutjanus apodus) on a reef in the Cayman Islands.
Red deer rivalry during mating season
Know how monkeys use different alarm calls for specific dangers and how some birds can understand these alarm calls
Observe the aggressive social behaviour of territorial perciform jawfish fighting over burrow proximity
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Demystified
Praying mantis (sphodromantis gastrica)
Why Do Some Animals Eat Their Mates After Sex?