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Social Behaviors
bluffing
bower building
calling
camouflage color
chromatophore
click sound
colonies
color
color changing
color of the exoskeleton
color pattern
commensalism
communication
competition
control
cooperation
coral reef
courtship behavior
courtship ceremony
courtship color
courtship dance
courtship flight
courtship song
dominant female
dominant male
dominant relationship
early stage maturity
epideictic behaviour
flock
florescence
flower color
flying flock
gesture
group
group living
habitat selection
hierarchy
inflating
intelligence
iridescence
iridescent
leadership
long distance seed dispersal
mating
metallic color
migration
mimicking
mutualism
neoteny
obedience
pack hunting
pair selection
pattern
pecking order
place of joint courtship
pollination
rank
seed dispersal
singing
social behaviour
social cue
social group
social rank
sociality
society
sound
sound amplification
spawning
spotted pattern
stripe
stripe pattern
submission signal
subordinate relationship
symbiosis
tabby pattern
tactical bluffing
territorial conflict
territory
troop
visual communication
warning color
warning pattern
warning patterns
warning sign
warning sound
Parenting
adoptive parents
incubating
marsupium
mass spawning
nursing offspring
parental care
parental imprinting
parenting
Regeneration
cleaning
eye licking
organ regeneration
recovery
regeneration
reproduction
resin
scale regeneration
scar free
self cleaning
self healing
toepad self cleaning
wound healing
wound protection
Senses
jacobson's organ
johnston's organ
air flow detection
angle of sunlight perception
auditory system
chemical defense
chemical detection
chemical receptors
chemosensor
cochlea
color vision
detecting body temperature of prey
differentiate between temperature changes
direction recognition
distance perception
echolocation
electric field
electric field detection
electrical signal detection
electrical signal generation
electrical signal receptor
electricity sense
electroreceptive sense
eyesight
focus
gustation
hearing
heat detection
high-pitched click
infrared capture
lateral line
lateral line system
length of the day perception
lens control
light
light absorption
lorenzini organ
magnetic field perception
motion detection
odor detector
odor gland
odor molecule detection
odor secretion
olfactory
olfactory bulb
olfactory receptor
olfactory sense
optic nerve
perception of light
pheromone
photophore
photoreceptor
pit organ
pressure receptor
pressure sensor
sense
sense of hearing
sense of touch
sensory hairs
sensory organ
skin receptors
smell receptor
smell recognition
sound wave detection
spiderweb vibration
tactile communication
tactile sense
taste bud
temperature change perception
terrain perception
touch
touch detection
transmission of vibrations
vibration amplification
vibration perception
vision
visual cells
visual system
water movement detection
Evasion from Threats
aculeus
aggressive behaviour
antibacterial activity
antimicrobial
aposematism
armour
bacteria
barb
bony armour
bony scales
bristle stinger
bubble nest
building
burrow
calluses
camouflage
carapace
carina
caution
cave
closing
defense
defense strategy
defense system
defensive behaviour
disease
disease defense
evasion
evasion from predator
exoskeleton
eye protection
eyespot
fake legs
gland
grooming oil
head turn
hiding
immune evasion
immune system
infection
ink
mucus
mucus gland
nest
parasite
parasitic defense
parasitism
parasitoid
playing dead
poison
poison gland
poison thorn
protection
protective shell
scutum
sea anemone
secretion
shell
shelter
shield scales
shoal
skin toxin
slime
slime layer
threat behaviour
toxin
toxin secretion
venom
venom gland
Foraging & Hunting
ambush
ambush predation
attack
bait
breath holding
bristly plates
burrowing
canine tooth
carnassial
carrying food
claw
cobweb
crooked claws
dams
digestive enzymes
digging
diurnation
fang
fangs
feeding
felling tree
filter feeding
filtering food
fish hunting
food collection
food filtering
food hoarding
foraging
fruit-eating
fungus cultivation
grabbing food
honey-eating
hook pierced tongue
house building
hunting
meat hunting
papillae on tongue
piercing
predation
prey
prey attraction
prey capture
prey chasing
prey detection
prey location
prey tracking
regurgitating
rumination
seed-eating
snatch
spiderweb
swallowing
tightening
tongue projection
tongue retrieval
trap
twist feeding
venom injection
Locomotion
acceleration
adhesion
aerobatics
agility
ambulacral foot
anal fin
arboreal locomotion
attachment
avoid obstacles
ballooning
bending
buoyancy
burrowing
caudal fin
claw
climbing
concertina locomotion
coordination of leg movements
cutting the air
direction control
diving
dorsal fin
drag
drag reduction
fine hair on the feet
flapping wings
flexibility
flexible cervical vertebrae
flexible joints
flexible structure
flight
flight control
flight direction control
flight formation
flight leader
flight muscle
flight shock absorber
flight stabilization
flipper
floating
formation
gliding
grasping
grooming
haltere
hanging upside down
high speed flight
hind wing
hook
hovering
jet propulsion
jumping
kicking
lamellae
landing
leaping
lift
lift control
locomotion
long flight
maintain buoyancy
migration path
mobility
move left and right
move up and down
night flight
night vision
oarage
oil gland
path finding
pectoral muscles
pelvic fin
posture balancing
pressure difference
propulsion
rotational movement
rudder
running
seasonal migration
serpentine locomotion
serrated feather
side winding
slap
sliding
speed
standing
streamlined shape
streamlined shell
stroke preparation
support flight muscles
swimming
take-off
three-dimensional movement
turning flight
vertical stroke
walking
walking in shallow water
wave locomotion
webbed foot
weight bearing
weight distribution
wind drag
wing rotation
Energy Harvesting
bioluminescence
body heat
body temperature control
calcium carbonate
carbon dioxide
cellulose
cellulose digestion
chemical reaction
cold blood
energy
energy loss
energy saving
fat layer
gas detection
gas exchange
gas volume control
heat absorption
heat conduction
heavy metal absorption
heavy metal accumulation
heavy metal storage
heavy metal uptake
hibernation
hydrophile
hydrophobicity
insulation
mineral absorption
osmoregulation
oxygen
oxygen absorption
oxygen release
photosynthesis
preventing evaporation
replenishing energy
root system
salinity
salt excretion
salt filtering