Animal movement

A closer look at suitable test animals can reveal fascinating patterns in their behaviour. Simple behaviour such as movement can help us understand what influences or controls animal behaviour.

Experiments

• Using a choice chamber to investigate animal responses to stimuli
  Use a choice chamber and small invertebrates (beetles, blowfly larvae and/ or woodlice) to investigate how movement and other behaviours change in response to environmental stimuli.
• Investigating turn alternation behaviour of woodlice
  Investigate the behaviour of woodlice at free turns in a maze after they have been forced to turn in a particular direction.
• Movement of seed beetles
  Compare the speed of movement of seed beetles constrained to move horizontally or vertically.
• Observing earthworm locomotion
  Collect earthworms and observe how they move on different surfaces. Listen to the worms moving on paper.