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1、6Fortodayisdiscussion,wereviewthecasestudyonhowsomeanimalhavebehaviorallyadaptedtotheirenvironment.Nowyouhadreadabouttwoanimalspecies,theeasternmarmotandOlympicmarmot.Marmotarerodents,theyarelargegroundsquirrelsaboutthesizeofanaveragehousecatandlivingavarietyofhabitats,andeven
2、thoughtheyspendsignificantportionoftheyearhibernating.Accordingtothiscasestudy,marmotsarestillconsideredexcellentsubjectforanimalbehaviorallystudy.Wellwhentheyaren’thibernating,youcanfindthemopenareas.Andtheyareprettyactiveduringthedaywhichmakesineasytoobserve,right?Sofirstlet
3、’sdiscusstheeasternmarmots,theyresidethroughouttheeasternregionofAmericawherethereisatemperateclimatewherethegrowingseasonlastforatleastfivemonthsoftheyear,whichiswhentheydoallmatingplayingandeating.AtfirstIwassurewhatgrowingseasonmeant,justaboutreading,it’samountoftimeittakef
4、orthemgrow,right?Soitwouldbefivemonths?Iamsorry,butnowit’snothingtodowiththat,it’notabouttimeittakesformarmottogrow,it’swhenthefoodisavailable.Whenthesearenotcoversnowandnofrostcoveringthegrass,andvegetativeapartofplantsh4erbandflowersthatmarmotliketoeat.Sogrowingseasonreferto
5、theavailabilityofthefoodtheyeat.Sonowhowwouldyoudescribetheeasternmarmotsocialhabits?Well,theyareveryterritorialandloners,andjustsoaggressiveevenwithothereasternmarmotandtheirmatingritualisjustsoimpersonalNowwhentheyemergeinspringfromhibernation,thematingprocessbegins.Forthem,
6、welltheycometogethertomateandthentheygotheirseparateways.Thenaboutsixtoeightweeksafterbirth,theoffspringleavetheirmother.Really?Justsixweeks?Isimpossiblefortheiroffspringtomakeitontheirownsoyoung?Wellit’snotasiftheyaren’treadyfortherealworld,becausetheyare.Remember,theymatureq
7、uicklyandweather’snice.Althoughtheylivingopenfieldswherethereislotsofediblevegetation.Soroughlysixweeksafterbirth.Easternmarmotsarejustoldenoughtotaketheirchancesofsurvivingandtemperateinenvironment.Sohowisdoesthisrelatetotheirbehavior.OhIgetit!Sincetheclimatenottoobad!Eastern
8、marmotisdon’thavetorelyoneachothertoomuchandtheyarereallydon’
