Ethology is the study of animal behavior. An animal s behavior is its response to sensory input. There are three types of behaviors: orientation, agonistic, and mating. Orientation behaviors take the animal to its most favorable environment. Taxis is when an animal moves toward or away from a stimulus.
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transitive verb. 1 : chomp. 2 : mash, trample. intransitive verb. 1 : to make biting or gnashing movements. 2 : to show impatience of delay or restraint âusually used in the phrase champing at the bit he was champing at the bit to begin.