-
slowly regrows.
Aristotle recorded observations (around 350 BC) of the
antipredator behaviour of
cephalopods in his
History of Animals,
including the use...
- eats
mammals as big as
water buffalo.
Lizards make use of a
variety of
antipredator adaptations,
including venom, camouflage,
reflex bleeding, and the ability...
-
Predation has a
powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey
develop antipredator adaptations such as
warning coloration,
alarm calls and
other signals...
- The
cicadas (/sɪˈkɑːdəz, -ˈkeɪ-/) are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of
insects in the
order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the
suborder Auchenorrhyncha...
-
Mantises are an
order (Mantodea) of
insects that
contains over 2,400
species in
about 460
genera in 33 families. The
largest family is the
Mantidae ("mantids")...
- thermoregulation. The
antipredator display that this
species uses
demonstrates the idea of an "arms race"
between different species and
their antipredator displays...
-
Singapore National Printers. p. 142. OCLC 686366097. Greene, H. W. (1997). "
Antipredator tactics of snakes". Snakes: The
Evolution of
Mystery in Nature. California...
-
California Press. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-520-24653-9. Caro, Tim (2005).
Antipredator Defenses in
Birds and Mammals.
University of
Chicago Press. pp. 1–6 and...
- creatures. Crinoids, on the
other hand, are
relatively free from predation.
Antipredator defences include the
presence of spines,
toxins (inherent or delivered...
- An
electric fish is any fish that can
generate electric fields,
whether to
sense things around them, for defence, or to stun prey. Most fish able to produce...
