Directions
Strange Behavior
Part 1
Read the following statements about animals.
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A panda from the zoo in Washington noticed that pregnant pandas get special treatment. She
then pretended to be pregnant, fooling the zoo staff for a month. She got an air-conditioned
room and extra bamboo during the time she fooled them.
• Army ants are blind and use the odor of fellow ants to figure out which way to go.
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Cows face the same direction when they eat.
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A pufferfish, or blowfish, is a very-slow-moving fish. When it senses a threat, it can fill its highly
elastic stomach with water or air, becoming almost round. In certain species, this expansion
also exposes hidden spines.
1. Which behaviors are classified as group behavior?
2. How do these group behaviors benefit the animal?
3. Which behaviors are classified as individual behavior?
4. How does these individual behaviors benefit the animal?