Foraging

Foraging

1. Dogs

   • Carnivores
     • high meat based diet
       • Domestication has changed the diet
         • when give access to food 24 hours: dogs will graze
           • wont feed at night
           • Human decides the food based on appearance texture and shape
           • additional pet mean increased intake

2. Horses

   • herbivores
     • Grass foliage and plants
     • transient behaviour
   • Pet horse
     • Diet goverened by humans
       • poor inadequate diet
       • stomach ulcers
   • wild
     • minimise conflict in group
     • group hierachy
     • space to flee
   • domesticated
     • limited space
     • limited food
     • subordinate horses benefit

3. Define: searching for wild food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and reproduce.

   • Foraging theory is a branch of behavioural ecology that studies the foraging behaviour of animals in response to the environment where the animal lives.