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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Competition
Zoology; Zoological terms
In ecology terms, competition arises when two or more individuals (or populations) rely on the same limited resource. In doing so, both parties are impacted negatively.
Constriction
Zoology; Zoological terms
A method many non-venomous snakes used to kill prey that involves the snake coiling around its prey and tightening its grip to suffocate the prey.
Conditioning
Zoology; Zoological terms
A type of learning in which associations are made. Learning can be acquired through stimulus-response or reward-punishment reinforcement.
Contour feathers
Zoology; Zoological terms
The outer layer of feathers that cover a bird's body, wings, and tail and give the bird its characteristic appearance.
Coltan
Zoology; Zoological terms
Columbite-tantalite or 'coltan' is a metallic ore found in Australia, Canada, Brazil, and central Africa.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) .
Zoology; Zoological terms
Federal legislation that is intended to provide a means to conserve the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend and provide programmes for the conservation of those species, ...