Animal Behavior Betta Lab - Spring 2006

In the betta (fighting fish) lab we studied aggressive behavior and threat signaling. First, we try to determine the importance of color, shape, size and motion as releasing stimuli using paper cut-outs of fish images to represent rivals. In a future lab some groups test whether they learn to recognize neighbors and ignore them compred to novel fish (Dear Enemy Hypothesis)

Elyse, Juliana, Molly	Elyse	Jacob and Julien
Joe and Stacy	Kim and Aaron	Patrice and Becky