Genomic response to selection for predatory behavior in a mammalian model of adaptive radiation [PDF]
, 2016 If genetic architectures of various quantitative traits are similar, as studies on model organisms suggest, comparable selection pressures should produce similar molecular patterns for various traits.
Radwan, J +16 more
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Jumping spider invades an orb web to prey on a resident male
Ecosphere, 2023 While surveying operational sex ratios of the giant golden orb weaver Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) in Singapore, we documented a stunning case of predatory behavior of a jumping spider Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877. A female V.
Matjaž Kuntner +4 more
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Civil Liability and Intra-Fraternal, Sexually Predatory Behavior [PDF]
Sexually predatory behavior has long been an issue within many institutions and organizations. The Catholic Church has been scrutinized for the involvement of Popes, priests, nuns, and others as perpetrators and enablers of child sexual abuse. Reports of
McKee, Ryan W., Parks, Gregory S
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Strategy for subduing prey in the predatory behavior of Crotalus durissus collilineatus Amaral, 1926, in captivity [PDF]
Biotemas, 2006 Studies of the predatory behavior of six specimens of hatchlings from the same clutch of Crotalus durissus collilineatus, born and raised in captivity, were conducted.
Vera Lucia de Campos Brites +1 more
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Thematic Analysis of Online Predatory Grooming Behavior Among Male Offenders [PDF]
, 2023 Social media sites, gaming platforms, and online communication tools have been integrated into children’s everyday lives. This has created a new avenue for child predators to identify, communicate, and victimize children.
Dronek, Ryan Christopher
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Pinching or stinging? Comparing prey capture among scorpions with contrasting morphologies
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background: Scorpions can use their pincers and/or stingers to subdue and immobilize their prey. A scorpion can thus choose between strategies involving force or venom, or both, depending on what is required to subdue its prey.
Luis Fernando García +4 more
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The role of the ventrolateral caudoputamen in predatory hunting [PDF]
, 2012 The ventrolateral caudoputamen (VLCP) is well known to participate in the control of orofacial movements and forepaw usage accompanying feeding behavior.
Canteras, Newton Sabino +16 more
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Journal of Insect Science, 2003 Fishing spiders (Pisauridae) frequent the surfaces of ponds and streams and thereby expose themselves to predation by a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic vertebrates. To assess the possibility that the impressive jumps of fishing spiders from the water
Robert B. Suter
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The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan
Scientific Reports, 2021 The feeding behavior of the giant ambush-predator “Bobbit worm” (Eunice aphroditois) is spectacular. They hide in their burrows until they explode upwards grabbing unsuspecting prey with a snap of their powerful jaws.
Yu-Yen Pan +7 more
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The identification of predatory behavior in the presence of uncertainty
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1985 Abstract Out of the ongoing debate on what constitutes predatory behavior has surfaced the idea that it must entail a sacrifice of profits. The notion is that behavior which sacrifices profits must have an ulterior motive, namely an attempt to induce exit by rivals.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA ( host institution ) +2 more
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