Gaping is a common form of behavior in the animal kingdom, in which an animal opens its mouth widely and displays the interior of its mouth, for any of...

Gaping (animal behavior), wide opening of the mouth for purposes such as threatening or courtship Abeyance, from Old French abeance meaning "gaping"...

humpbacks create the "nets", the whales swim into them with their mouths gaping and ready to swallow. Using network-based diffusion analysis, one study...

their social behavior, communication, mentality and ecology. William Andrew. ISBN 978-0815511045. Wood, G. L. (1983). The Guinness book of animal facts and...

"Pax Romana: 'refuge abandonment' and spread of fearless behavior in a reconciling world". Animal Conservation. 22 (1). John Wiley & Sons, Inc (Zoological...

resource is sometimes non-food related or may be solicited by adult animals. Begging behavior is most widely studied in birds, however, mammals, amphibians...

dolphins to hemorrhage to death. Furthermore, even gaping wounds restore in such a way that the animal's body shape is restored, and infection of such large...

have well-developed digastric muscles that aid in foraging by prying or gaping actions. In most birds, these muscles are relatively small as compared to...

mouth." A sour mouth is characterized by "a loose-hanging lower lip and a gaping mouth." Alpacas can spit for several reasons. A female alpaca spits when...

inflicted from the rear, midway up the hock with the canine teeth. These leave gaping skin perforations over 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) in diameter. Although blood loss...

Martin, L. (2003). "Assessing behavior in extinct animals: was Smilodon social?". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 61 (3): 159–164. doi:10.1159/000069752...

saber-toothed condition appears to represent a shift in function and killing behavior, rather than one in predator-prey relations. Many hypotheses exist concerning...

covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation. Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod...

individual for population studies of an animal long extinct. Longer canines necessitate a larger gape. A lion with a gape of 95° could not bear canines that...

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will use anti-predatory behaviors to discourage predators. These include: move away or flee, musking, tail vibrating, mouth gaping, or curling up into a...

calculated that Tyrannosaurus was capable of a maximum jaw gape of around 80 degrees; this enormous jaw gape was a necessary adaptation for a wide range of jaw...

saltwater tube-blenny that possesses a large mouth and aggressive territorial behavior, for which it has been given its common name. The specific name honours...

S2CID 6478019. "Scientists IDs genesis of animal behavior patterns". Retrieved 13 September 2014. Sumpter, D. "Collective Behavior". Ward, AJ; Krause, J; Sumpter...

hinge allows the animal to open its mouth at almost 180°.: 17  A folded orbicularis oris muscle allows the hippo to attain an extreme gape without tearing...

position. Many of its common names, including "cottonmouth" and "gaper", refer to this behavior, while its habit of snapping its jaws shut when anything touches...

a threat-gape. Should this be unsuccessful, fights may result, with injuries to the head and neck. The American mink is a promiscuous animal that does...

through the handicap principle. Homosexual behavior has been well documented in over 500 species of non-human animals ranging from insects to lizards to mammals...

simple body form and planktonic behavior, they are chordates: animals with dorsal nerve cords, related to vertebrates (animals with backbones). Small fish...

A yawn is a reflex in vertebrate animals characterized by a long inspiratory phase with gradual mouth gaping, followed by a brief climax (or acme) with...

fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although they do have rudimentary...

dragon may also open its mouth and gape in addition to inflating its beard to appear more intimidating. Extreme behavior such as hissing can be observed...

However, animals may also imitate the behavior of a small rodent or alternative prey item for the predator; imitate young or nesting behaviors such as...

Animals. London: Methuen. Edmunds, Malcolm (1974). Defence in Animals. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-44132-3. Edmunds, Malcolm (2008). "Deimatic Behavior"...

strike or less commonly a gaping display similar to that of A. piscivorus. They generally will only display these behaviors when given no other choice...