Interspecific Evaluation of Octopus Escape Behavior
The well-known ability of octopuses to escape enclosures is a behavior that can be fatal and, therefore, is an animal welfare issue. This study obtained survey data from 38 participants-primarily scientists and public aquarists who work with octopuses-on 25 described species of octopus. The study demonstrates that the likeliness to escape is species specific (p […]
The assessment of bar chewing as an escape behaviour in laboratory mice
The ability to measure objectively how an animal perceives its home environment is essential for improving the housing and husbandry conditions of laboratory animals. Chewing at cage bars by a rodent may reflect the animal’s desire to escape from its home cage and thus provide a measure of the relative aversiveness or inadequacy of different […]