Betta Fish Behavior Essay
The Betta Fish Behavior and Effects Abstract The reason for this experiment was to test the agonistic behavior in the male Betta fish. The experiment was conducted by making puppets and showing a mirror image to the the fish; then we could record how fish responded to the stimuli. The hypothesis was supported by the experiment, and our group concluded that a fish feels his zone is being invaded when being tailed around by a mirror model puppet.
Introduction
The study of ethology is the behavior of animals in the context of evolution, social organization, ecology and animal sensory abilities. The behavior could be explained as all the response an organism has to stimuli to the environment it’s in. Most of the time it’s very …show more content…
The experiment was done at the University of Texas at Tyler in the BEP building. There were three different tanks with Betta fish and each group performed the assigned experiment with the fish. The first step was to test how aggressive the fish was by slowly moving a mirror to the side of the fish tank and observe the fish response to its own reflection. This procedure lasted for one minute and then the results were recorded. The next step was to take a piece of construction paper that was similar in color to the fish and construct a model to the fish, glue it onto the applicator stick and to slowly present the model to the fish. While presenting the model to the fish, results of how the fish acted toward to stimuli was being recorded by another group member. When the observation was over we took responses that we conducted with the fish we used in the experiment and compared the results of another group’s responses.
Results After concluding the experiment, the fish showed to have a more aggressive approach towards one stimulus than the other. According to the responses that were recorded, the fish seemed to react more aggressively and quickly towards the reflections of himself in the mirror, as shown in figure 1.
Reaction to Stimuli
Figure 1 refers to how quickly the fish
Introduction
The study of ethology is the behavior of animals in the context of evolution, social organization, ecology and animal sensory abilities. The behavior could be explained as all the response an organism has to stimuli to the environment it’s in. Most of the time it’s very …show more content…
The experiment was done at the University of Texas at Tyler in the BEP building. There were three different tanks with Betta fish and each group performed the assigned experiment with the fish. The first step was to test how aggressive the fish was by slowly moving a mirror to the side of the fish tank and observe the fish response to its own reflection. This procedure lasted for one minute and then the results were recorded. The next step was to take a piece of construction paper that was similar in color to the fish and construct a model to the fish, glue it onto the applicator stick and to slowly present the model to the fish. While presenting the model to the fish, results of how the fish acted toward to stimuli was being recorded by another group member. When the observation was over we took responses that we conducted with the fish we used in the experiment and compared the results of another group’s responses.
Results After concluding the experiment, the fish showed to have a more aggressive approach towards one stimulus than the other. According to the responses that were recorded, the fish seemed to react more aggressively and quickly towards the reflections of himself in the mirror, as shown in figure 1.
Reaction to Stimuli
Figure 1 refers to how quickly the fish