Abstract
Ethology is the biological study of animal behaviour. An animal’s behaviour conjoins structure and function as one of the three phenotypic manifestations, and like the other two is shaped through natural selection and adaptation. Moreover, behaviour complements and contributes significantly to the animal’s adaptive suite (Bartholomew, 1972). Because ‘what animals do’ most succinctly defines animal behaviour (Scott, 1972), it follows that this aspect of their phenotype is most obvious and readily observable. Therefore, of these three phenotypic manifestations, behaviour is the primary avenue and easiest access through which we might gain insight into an animal’s internal biology.
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Gillingham, J.C. (1995). Normal behaviour. In: Warwick, C., Frye, F.L., Murphy, J.B. (eds) Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1222-2_7
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