 There has been a resurgence in the adaption and use of this method in the twenty-first century.In current research this methodology has evolved and is no longer called ‘anecdotal cognitivism,’ with the scientific vernacular having changed to ‘cognitive ethology’ a term coined by Don Griffin, which involves anecdotal and anthropomorphic observations with reference to the cognition, internal states and behaviour analysis of animals.Ethograms, a quantitative method consisting of an inventory table of descriptions, are used to document typical animal behaviour.