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Animal verbs
Words describing actions by animals.
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Animal verbs
tail slapping
Zoology; Animal verbs
Dolphins can be seen slapping their tails forcibly on the surface of the water.
saw-scaling
Zoology; Animal verbs
Action of a snake curving its body in concentric curves and rasping its keeled scales together to make a sawing sound as a warning.
siblicide .
Zoology; Animal verbs
The death of young caused by fighting with siblings. Often occurs in larger birds (eagles, herons) in years when there is not enough food to feed all chicks
brooding
Zoology; Animal verbs
A behavior in birds in which the parents continue to warm nestlings or young that are unable to maintain their own body temperatures.
caching
Zoology; Animal verbs
The storage or hoarding of food for later eating during times of limited food availability.
call matching
Zoology; Animal verbs
A vocalization in birds characterized by the male and female of a pair duplicating the other's flight call. Call matching is often a behavior exhibited by members of the finch family.
