Videos
Below is a list of my videos, with the most recent shown first.
Most Recent
What Do You, a Chimpanzee, a Fruitfly, and a Banana Have in Common?
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Roger Abrantes presents the amazing facts of evolution that links together all living organisms on Earth. Indeed, Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection changed our view of the world forever.
📖 Related Course: “Evolution.”
💁🏻♂️ Written by Roger Abrantes. 💁🏻♂️ Narrated by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 3:48 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p.
© 2022 Produced by Roger Abrantes.
Ethics After Darwin (Trailer)
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Roger Abrantes presents a critical review of ethics after Darwin. This talk is a compelling and at times shocking analysis of our morality before and after Darwin. Undoubtedly, Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection changed the foundations of biology and the natural sciences forever. It did more than that; it also turned most of our beliefs suspicious, including religion and ethics. It raised questions that we cannot any longer discard as impertinent.
💁🏻♂️ Written by Roger Abrantes. 💁🏻♀️ Narrated by Olivia Newton. ⏱ Duration: 2:48 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p
© 2022 Produced by Roger Abrantes at abrantes.com.
The Dog Behind the Fence—Is It a Killer?
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Roger Abrantes, Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and ethology, explains “the dog behind the fence” behavior, critical and flight distances and how we affect our dogs’ behavior. It all begins with a story Professor Lorenz used to tell and wrote in his book “Man Meets Dog” in 1949.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 10:26 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute.
Dogs Show Parental Behavior—Don’t They?
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Roger Abrantes explains parental behavior in dogs, the role of the dog mother and the dog father in the education of the pups, and gives us a rule of thumb for choosing a puppy.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 11:07 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute.
Dogs Show Us Pacifying Behavior—Don’t They?
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Pacifying behavior is the most common behavior dogs show to one another and us. Roger Abrantes, Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and ethology, explains pacifying behavior and its function and gives examples of the most common canine pacifying behavior displays.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 12:29 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p.
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute and Roger Abrantes.
Dogs Aren’t Aggressive or Dominant—Are They? (Part Four)
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Training versus breeding: which is the culprit in the aggressive behavior of dogs? Is dog training better now than in the 1980s? Ethologist Roger Abrantes, PhD., and Michael McManus, CAAE, debate these questions.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 11:36 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p.
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute and Roger Abrantes.
Dogs Aren’t Aggressive or Dominant—Are They? (Part Three)
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Are aggressive and fearful behaviors unconditionally bad? Ethologist Roger Abrantes, PhD., and Michael McManus, CAAE, explore how owners and trainers inadvertently teach dogs to be aggressive and the price we pay.
🎬 This is part three of four.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 11:41 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p.
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute.
Dogs Aren’t Aggressive or Dominant—Are They? (Part Two)
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A fascinating conversation between Professor Abrantes, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology and Ethology, and Ethology Institute graduate (CAAE) Michael McManus about these terms and behaviors that trouble us so much: aggression, dominance, hierarchies. What do these behaviors and terms mean for dog trainers and breeders?
🎬 This is part two of four.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 12:14 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute.
Dogs Aren’t Aggressive or Dominant—Are They? (Part One)
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Ethologist Roger Abrantes, Ph.D., and Michael McManus, CAAE, animal trainer, have a fascinating discussion on aggression, dominance, and hierarchies in dogs and what it means for dog owners and trainers.
🎬 This is part one of four.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 12:06 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute.
Dominance in Dogs Is Debunked—Is It?
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Jessica Pacheco hosts Professor Roger Abrantes, Ph.D., evolutionary biologist and ethologist. Dominant behavior is agonistic behavior. Agonistic behavior is all forms of aggression, threat, fear, pacifying behavior, fight or flight, arising from confrontations between individuals of the same species.
💁🏻♀️ Hosted by Jessica Pacheco. 💁🏻♂️ Presented by Roger Abrantes. ⏱ Duration: 10:45 min. 𝌣 HD 1080p.
© 2022 Produced by Ethology Institute at ethology.eu and Roger Abrantes at abrantes.com.
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