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Natural Selections: animal behavior through a human "lens"
(03/03/11) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about understanding animal behavior and the natural world through the human perspective.

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Natural Selections: Winners and Losers
(07/29/10) Animals, like humans, keep an eye on their fellows, particularly when the action is hot. Siamese fighting fish who witness a conflict treat the winners and losers differently. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about nosiness in nature.

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Natural Selections: Curiosity
(10/11/07) It may be what killed the cat, but Dr. Curt Stager maintains that curiosity (or noseyness, as Martha Foley puts it) has survival value in humans and other species.

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Natural Selections: Flocking Behavior
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(09/11/03) Flocks of birds and schools of fish seem to move and respond as a single creature. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager explore what's known and what's guessed about the behavior of flocks.
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Natural Selections: Animal Personalities
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(03/06/03) Some animals, such as deer, are shy; some, like dogs, are bold. But even within the same species there are individual differences. Martha and Curt talk about animal personalities.
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