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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

Defensive stinging by Parabuthus transvaalicus scorpions: risk assessment and venom metering

Authors: Zia Nisani, William K. Hayes

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: arachnidae, defensive behaviour, parabuthus transvaalicus, risk-assessment, scorpion, stinging, threat sensitivity toxin, venom biochemistry, venom metering

2011

Predatory behavior of the snake Bothrops jararaca and its adaptation to captivity

Authors: Lanfranco R. P. Troncone, Paulo F. Silveira

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adaptation, bothrops jararaca, captivity, feeding, predatory behavior, prey, snake

2001

Strike-induced chemosensory searching in venomoid pit vipers at Hogle Zoo

Authors: David Chiszar, Hobart M. Smith, James L. Glenn, Richard C. Straight

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: predation, tongue flicking, venom injection

1991

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