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Born Knowing: Tentacled Snakes Innately Predict Future Prey Behavior

BACKGROUND: Aquatic tentacled snakes (Erpeton tentaculatus) can take advantage of their prey's escape response by startling fish with their body before striking. The feint usually startles fish toward the snake's approaching jaws. But when fish are oriented at a right angle to the jaws, th...

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Autor principal: Catania, Kenneth C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20585384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010953

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