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Infrared-sensing snakes select ambush orientation based on thermal backgrounds

Sensory information drives the ecology and behaviour of animals, and some animals are able to detect environmental cues unavailable to us. For example, rattlesnakes use infrared (IR) radiation to detect warm prey at night when visual cues are reduced. Until recently these sensory worlds have been in...

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Autores principales: Schraft, Hannes A., Bakken, George S., Clark, Rulon W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6408448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30850649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40466-0