Potreba je osnovni zahtev u biologiji životinje, da se dobije određeni resurs ili odgovori na određene stimuluse iz životne sredine ili organizma (na primer, potreba za hranom, vodom, udobnosti, izbegavanje zaraznih bolesti i obogaćivanje životne sredine).
The need is a requirement, fundamental in the biology of the animal, to obtain a particular resource or respond to a particular environmental or bodily stimulus (such as need for food, water, comfort, avoidance of infectious disease and environmental enrichment).