Defensive Burying: The Effects Of Single <i>vs</i> Multiple Presentation of the Aversive Stimulus

Petty-Zirnstein, Mary K.; Gustavson, Karen K.; Davis, Stephen F.

doi:10.1080/00221309.1983.9711500

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“…Multiple presentations of an aversive stimulus enhance the amount of time spent burying by rats (Anderson et al, 1983; Petty-Zirnstein et al, 1983). In our experiment both species of ground squirrels received numerous shocks on both days of testing, a far greater number than the black-hooded rats received; yet the burying durations were far less than for the rats.…”

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“…These stimuli include the discharge of a flashbulb (Terlecki, Pinel, & Treit, 1979), a tube that delivered Tabasco sauce (Wilkie, MacLennan, & Pinel, 1979), and a mouse trap (Terlecki et al, 1979). Furthermore, changes in the number of aversive stimulus presentations (Petty-Zirnsteinn, Gustavson, & Davis, 1983), type of burying material (Pinel & Treit, 1979), and latency between administration of shock and testing for the presence of burying behavior (Pinel & Treit, 1978) do not eliminate the burying response.…”

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Cross-species responses in the defensive burying paradigm: A comparison between Long-Evans rats (Rattus norvegicus), Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii), and thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Catellus tridecemlineatus).

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Sainsbury²,

Montoya³

1989

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Defensive burying of electrified prods has been repeatedly demonstrated in laboratory rats under various conditions. However, there is little research on this phenomenon using other species of rodents. In our experiment species-specific defense responses to an electrified prod were examined in three species of rodents: the black-hooded rat (Rattus norvegicus), the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Catellus tridecemlineatus), and Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii). The two species of ground squirrels showed less defensive-burying behavior than the rats. Furthermore, the defensive-burying exhibited by both species of ground squirrels was different in form than that exhibited by the rats. Both species of ground squirrels exhibited attack behavior toward the shock prod, whereas the rats did not. Also, both species of ground squirrels exhibited more fleeing, freezing, and approach-avoidance behavior than the black-hooded rats. The results are discussed in terms of the ecological niche of these three species.

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