Design a study of chimpanzees that a researcher could do in the field to verify or negate that claim. Smart students Trainers teach dolphins by reinforcing desired behaviors with food, rubdowns, verbal praise, splashes of water, and toys. This technique is called operant conditioning. List other things you think would positively reinforce behaviors in dolphins. To let the dolphins know when to perform a specific behavior, trainers cue the animal with a visual, tactile, or auditory signal.
Dolphins learn to discriminate between different signals.
Tail droppers Many lizards can shed their tails by contracting the tail muscles to create a break. When the break occurs, the surrounding muscles separate between the segmented muscle blocks. The discarded tail keeps wiggling for a time, distracting the predator while the lizard escapes. Some lizards can then regenerate at least part of a new tail. Draw a cartoon lizard creatively using this adaptation.