Washington National Zoo Observation

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During my time at the Washington National Zoo I got to see a numerous amount of distinct species of animals. The exhibit where I spent most of my time observing animals was the small mammal house. The exhibit contained more than 35 species, but it felt like it only contained about half of that. Many of the species were either hiding or seemed unresponsive and I believe this is due to the fact that the exhibit was very crowded. All the noise, staring, and pointing must affect the animals in some way especially if they are exposed to this constantly. I will conduct an experiment to test the effect of human visitors on animal behavior. If there are less visitors in the exhibit, than the animals will show a positive behavior.

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