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- Fig. 1.
Plan view of the experimental aviary, showing the position of the hide, the covered area in which chicks were placed at the beginning of the test, stimuli and cameras.
- Fig. 2.
Robot stimuli used to test movement preferences. Representative frames are shown to depict the two types of motor patterns presented: pecking (A–C) and scanning (D–F).
- Fig. 3.
Time spent by chicks in the choice arms when presented with a simultaneous choice between a pecking robot and a static model of a conspecific (A) or between pecking and scanning robots (B). Values represent percentages of the time that chicks spent in both choice arms. The median is shown by the bold line, lower bars show 1st quartiles (in this case identical to the median) and upper bars show 3rd quartiles. Whiskers indicate smallest and largest value.
- Fig. 4.
Normalized radiance spectra for three body regions (head, wing and leg) of chick robots presented under five different types of filters (control, neutral density filter; UV, UV blocking; SW, short-wave blocking; MW, medium-wave blocking; LW, long-wave blocking). Nchicks=10; Nmeasurements=12 per filter and body region, taken under three different light conditions. Bold line is the median, grey lines represent 1st and 3rd quartiles. Spectra were calculated by first obtaining an individual median from four randomly located measurements within each body region and then calculating a median value for the group.
- Fig. 5.
Time spent by chicks in the choice arms when presented with a simultaneous choice of pecking robots under coloured filters and a pecking robot under a neutral-density filter as control (A, UV; B, SW; C, MW; D, LW). Description of values and box-whisker plots as in Fig. 3.
- Fig. 6.
Normalized reflectance spectra for five body regions of live chicks (N=10). Bold line shows the median, grey lines represent the 1st and 3rd quartiles. Spectra were calculated in the same way as for Fig. 4.
- Fig. 7.
Behavioural responses of brush-turkey chicks to the first 10 stimulus events in choice tests that included a pecking robot. Each stimulus event consisted of 10 robot pecking movements. Behaviours represent the initial response evoked. Numbers in parentheses show sample size (N chicks) per stimulus event – sample sizes vary because some chicks only spent a short time in a choice arm containing the pecking robot and experienced only few stimulus events. See Methods for detailed descriptions of behavioural categories.
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