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  2. Nesting instinct - Wikipedia

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    Bird's nest in grass. Nesting behavior refers to an instinct in animals during reproduction to prepare a place with optimal conditions for offspring. [1] The nesting place provides protection against predators and competitors that mean to exploit or kill offspring. [2] It also provides protection against the physical environment. [1]

  3. Fixed action pattern - Wikipedia

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    Another example of a behavior that has been described as a fixed action pattern is the egg-retrieval behavior of the greylag goose, reported in classic studies by Niko Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. [5] Like many ground-nesting birds, if an egg becomes displaced from the nest, the greylag rolls it back to the nest with its beak.

  4. Nest - Wikipedia

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    Nest architecture may be as useful for distinguishing species as the animals' physical appearance. Species identified through such means are called ethospecies. This is especially common in wasps and termites, but also can apply to birds. In most animals, there is some variation in nest construction between individuals.

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    Dogs who are suffering from pseudopregnancy symptoms will exhibit moody, anxious behaviors such as nesting, carrying toys around in their mouth, and even aggression. Physical symptoms such as ...

  6. Nest-building in primates - Wikipedia

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    Nest building is habitual behaviour, [14] and nest-counts and faecal analysis at each nest site can be used to estimate hominid ape population counts and composition. [15] In the case of orangutans and chimpanzees, social influences are probably essential for the animals to develop successful nesting-behaviour.

  7. Precociality and altriciality - Wikipedia

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    Examples of precocial birds include the domestic chicken, many species of ducks and geese, waders, rails, and the hoatzin. Precocial birds can provide protein-rich eggs and thus their young hatch in the fledgling stage – able to protect themselves from predators and the females have less post-natal involvement.

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