Nikolaas Tinbergen

Back in the 1950s, Dutch ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen conducted now-classic studies of the bird's incubation behavior and discovered something astonishing: When presented with a choice between brooding its own small egg and the giant egg of a much larger bird, the oystercatcher invariably chose to sit on the giant one.

From 'The End of Overeating' 2009

As the British zoologist Nikolaas Tinbergen remarked 30 years ago, "One should not use identical experimental techniques to compare two species, because they would almost certainly not be the same to them."

What Do Monkeys Know? 2008

One was the observation by the famous Dutch ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen that one species of gull performs a "foot paddling behavior" that appears to bring up earthworms to the surface, a response he attributed to an innate reaction that enables the worms "to escape their arch enemy the mole."

YubaNet.com 2008

1973 - Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen the founders of evolutionary ethology, i.e. animal behavior and its evolutionary causes

Egnorance: The Egotistical Combination of Ignorance and Arrogance - The Panda's Thumb 2007

As the British zoologist Nikolaas Tinbergen remarked 30 years ago, "One should not use identical experimental techniques to compare two species, because they would almost certainly not be the same to them.

What Do Monkeys Know? 2008