Question

Fred and joe, two unrelated, mature male gorillas, encounter one another. fred is courting a female. fred grunts as joe comes near. as joe continues to advance, fred begins drumming (pounding his chest) and bares his teeth. joe then rolls on the ground on his back, gets up, and quickly leaves. this behavioral pattern is repeated several times during the mating season. choose the most specific behavior described by this example.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: agonistic behavior

antagonistic behaviour refers to the behaviour that is being done in order to conveys aggressive intention (such as threats, posturing up, etc). This type of behaviour often arise when two or more individuals are competing to obtain certain things that are limited (very hard to get)