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keepers answer for animals in their care.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q2990593","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"animal behavior","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"digestion","type":"related"},{"target":"nutrition","type":"related"},{"target":"ecology","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.feeding-behavior","Wikidata: Q14819856 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14819856)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["field: ethology and ecology note","scope: seeking to consuming food note","registry parent: animal behavior note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Animal behaviour of seeking and eating food","Infant feeding, omnivory, specialised feeding types","Digestion processes food after eating; nutrition is the physiological use of food","Not a single appearance; observed as animals foraging, hunting, grazing or filtering food."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the behaviour","relay its patterns","describe specific patterns","distinguish it from digestion"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing behaviour with digestion","Confusing with nutrition","Overgeneralising across species"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Scientific method"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Obtaining and consuming food.","foraging","predation","grazing","filter feeding"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q14819856: feeding behavior","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14819856","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Feeding behavior","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_behavior","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should feeding types be separate entries?","How should behaviour and physiology be separated?","How should human infant feeding be scoped?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q14819856/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q14819856/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T03:54:27Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:54+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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