MODIFICATION OF PREY-CATCHING BEHAVIOR BY LEARNING IN COMMON TOAD (BUFO-B-BUFO [L], ANURA, AMPHIBIA) - CHANGES IN RESPONSES TO VISUAL OBJECTS AND EFFECTS OF AUDITORY-STIMULI
MODIFICATION OF PREY-CATCHING BEHAVIOR BY LEARNING IN COMMON TOAD (BUFO-B-BUFO [L], ANURA, AMPHIBIA) - CHANGES IN RESPONSES TO VISUAL OBJECTS AND EFFECTS OF AUDITORY-STIMULI
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DOI:
10.1016/0376-6357(78)90039-6
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
SCHNEIDER, H
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作者:
BRZOSKA, J;SCHNEIDER, H
An attempt to train common toads (B. b. bufo) to make the turning movements associated with prey-catching in response to a tone (1000 Hz, 90 dB) was unsuccessful. Some toads learned to discriminate food that had been made unpalatable from palatable food of identical appearance, when the former was accompanied by the auditory stimulus. By making the prey unpalatable flight behavior could be induced in toads presented with a housefly (Musca domestica). Toads could be trained to exhibit prey-catching behavior when shown predator objects 30 cm wide and 60 cm high (at a distance of about 50 cm). The toads also learned to snap at motionless, unscented food in certain surroundings.