What's the most surprising Animal Behavior you've ever heard of?

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Deer eat meat, rabbits and hares have been known to eat carrion as well. There are fish recorded to use tools, same with corvids (jays ravens crows etc).

There's lizards that can squirt blood out of their eyes to ward off predators. And a frog that breaks it's own bones when threatened...
 

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
I know some ravens and crows have figured out how to use fishing poles, and some wait at red lights, put nuts under cars, and wait for the cars to crush the shell.

Another that's weird, but y'all probably know, is the fact that starfish not only regenerate limbs but can also grow another starfish out of the cut limb. And I think roaches can live a few days without their head
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Lelka said:
I heard that American alligator puts sticks or branches on their head, using them to lure the bird looking for nesting material to come.
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Also heard about this. It would be funny if they would find a Way to include this in the Game if we ever get Alligators
 

Cocolori

Cocolori
Urufu1997 said:
😟 I hope they've tried to make the Enclosure better then
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It's sometimes not even about the current enclosure - even when it has been improved if a stereotypical behaviour has become habitual the animal might go the rest of their life and still do it to some extent. Other examples are feather plucking in parrots and the most well known is pacing in large carnivores like lions and tigers (and bears oh my!). There's lots of interesting animal research done on stereotypical behaviours - what's interesting is that they may be coping mechanisms so in the old days to solve the problem they would just try to block them from doing the behaviour (in the giraffe's case they could stop it being able to access the pole) but that might actually be worse for the animal's stress levels - essentially you've taken away it's coping mechanism but not solved the underlying problem which is usually a lack of crucial stimulation / ability to perform natural behaviours. Giraffes in the wild have a tongue designed to work around thorns so mouthing behaviour might be because they have nothing to do that allows them to use their tongue properly.
 

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
Cocolori said:
It's sometimes not even about the current enclosure - even when it has been improved if a stereotypical behaviour has become habitual the animal might go the rest of their life and still do it to some extent. Other examples are feather plucking in parrots and the most well known is pacing in large carnivores like lions and tigers (and bears oh my!). There's lots of interesting animal research done on stereotypical behaviours - what's interesting is that they may be coping mechanisms so in the old days to solve the problem they would just try to block them from doing the behaviour (in the giraffe's case they could stop it being able to access the pole) but that might actually be worse for the animal's stress levels - essentially you've taken away it's coping mechanism but not solved the underlying problem which is usually a lack of crucial stimulation / ability to perform natural behaviours. Giraffes in the wild have a tongue designed to work around thorns so mouthing behaviour might be because they have nothing to do that allows them to use their tongue properly.
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Makes sense. But zoos have advanced so much and research is so better nowadays. Even small zoos are getting far better. One example is the Irapuato Zoo, a very small zoo in Mexico that was kinda rundown. But ever since Japanese people have been moving to the area, it's gone up. They even built a nice, proper entrance to the zoo, and many of tge exhibits are getting fixed
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Cocolori said:
It's sometimes not even about the current enclosure - even when it has been improved if a stereotypical behaviour has become habitual the animal might go the rest of their life and still do it to some extent. Other examples are feather plucking in parrots and the most well known is pacing in large carnivores like lions and tigers (and bears oh my!). There's lots of interesting animal research done on stereotypical behaviours - what's interesting is that they may be coping mechanisms so in the old days to solve the problem they would just try to block them from doing the behaviour (in the giraffe's case they could stop it being able to access the pole) but that might actually be worse for the animal's stress levels - essentially you've taken away it's coping mechanism but not solved the underlying problem which is usually a lack of crucial stimulation / ability to perform natural behaviours. Giraffes in the wild have a tongue designed to work around thorns so mouthing behaviour might be because they have nothing to do that allows them to use their tongue properly.
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Didn't even think about the Fact that the Behavior can still occur after the Problems were fixed.
Even I do have stereotypical Behavior myself sometimes still from the most stressful Time of my Life. That Neck twitching is always so annoying and can cause Headaches when it starts again
 

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
Not unusual, but still fascinating: I love it when I see signs in the woods of Deer shedding their antlers, such as stripped bark and/or antlers on the ground. If it's possible i wish we could see this behavior in PZ one day (if we get more Deer), maybe like in fall they have huge antlers, winter they fall off, spring and summet they grow back
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
jcp011c said:
I can't believe we're 2 weeks in and no one's mention the Quokka throwing their babies at predators as a diversion (even though that's actually a misunderstood description of what happens)
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Somehow I've completely forgotten about this even though I've seen a Meme about it some Time ago
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How exactly is it misunderstood?
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
darthquell said:
Not unusual, but still fascinating: I love it when I see signs in the woods of Deer shedding their antlers, such as stripped bark and/or antlers on the ground. If it's possible i wish we could see this behavior in PZ one day (if we get more Deer), maybe like in fall they have huge antlers, winter they fall off, spring and summet they grow back
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This would be so great. But they would need to give us some kind of Season System in the Game. But I think they said once they won't do it (still hoping that they will at least make it as a optional Setting). They could also try to give Animals Winter Fur (Example Bactrian Camel, Bison)
 
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