ANFS100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS100
• Professor: Emara Marlene

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Increased survival rate: be(cid:374)efits of the (cid:862)(cid:271)o(cid:374)d(cid:863) for the a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als. Hypothesis: domesticated animals have lower cognitive skills and they are more dependent on human actions for their resources. Chest test: involved opening a wooden chest to get their food. Tested total time to open chest and get the food: exploration: sniffing, licking, biting, nibbling, pushing, frustration: headshaking, startling, chewing, pawing, snorting, whinnying, gazi(cid:374)g: towards (cid:272)hest, the (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) feed trough, e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)ter. Conclusion: both genetic and environmental factors have been shown to influence this task: domestication an experience influence the response and success rate, previous quality of human-horse relationships can influence. Domestic ferrets have dog-like cognitive skills success. Domestic dog and ferret went to owner to get food. Conclusion: domesticated ferrets are different from the wild ferrets: they understand human gestures more (domesticated, tolerate human eye contact longer, have basic socio-cognitive skills that allow for interactions with humans.