"You can take the frog out of the pond, but you cannot take the pond out of the frog." - Candace Savage

Supplementary videos

Lyrebird: the master mimic
Operant conditioning: shaping behaviors of pigeons and humans (B. F. Skinner)
Operant conditioning: teaching pinnipeds logic (NOVA ScienceNow) 3:00-6:30
Classical conditioning: eliciting conditioned response from the male consumer (Burger Shots)
Classical conditioning: how to ignore side effects (Abilify)
Mandarin ducklings jump from tree: imprint on mom (BBC Planet Earth)
New Caledonian Crow uses meta-tool (PBS Nature "A Murder of Crows") 18:30-20:05
'007′ the Crow solves 8-step puzzle
Intersexual selection: Vogelkop Bowerbird courtship (BBC Life - Birds)
Kings of Camouflage: cross-dressing cuttlefish males sneak in (NOVA) 24:30-27:40
Honey bee waggle dance
Honey bee waggle dance competition
Honey bee aerial mating from "More Than Honey" by Markus Imhoof
Oxytocin: the "cuddle chemical"
Communication among gulls: calls and postures
Giant Pacific Octopus altruistic behavior (BBC Life 3:00-5:55)

Extra credit readings

• As Autumn Approaches, This Chickadee's Brain Begins To Expand ScienceDaily 9/12/03
• Looks Matter Science News 10/1/05
• Why katydid girls fight over boys CBC News 10/7/11
• Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar ScienceDaily 5/12/05
• Bee ocelli used for orientation BeeInformed 10/26/11
• Oxytocin increases trust in humans Nature 6/2/05
• Pill Users Choose 'Wrong' Sex Partners WebMD 8/12/08

Additional material

• White-crowned Sparrow learning and unlearning to sing 5-part song

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