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Comparative analysis of optional hunting behavior in Cricetinae hamsters using the data compression approach

Frontiers in Zoology
Research into the hunting behavior in members of the Cricetidae family offers an opportunity to reveal what changes in the predatory behavioral sequences occur when a rodent species shifts from an omnivorous to a predatory lifestyle.
J. Levenets, S. Panteleeva, Zh. Reznikova, A. Gureeva, V. Kupriyanov, N. Feoktistova, A. Surov   +6 more
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Psychometric Properties and Development of a Scale Designed to Evaluate the Potential of Predatory Violent Behavior

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
The objective of this study was to develop and determine the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to detect traits and behavior that are associated with predatory violent behavior, which is defined as a determined, planned, controlled, and ...
Julio C. Penagos-Corzo, Alejandra A. Antonio, Gabriel Dorantes-Argandar, Raúl J. Alcázar-Olán   +3 more
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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, Masakazu Nara, Ludvig Löwemark, Olmo Miguez-Salas, Björn Gunnarson, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Tzu-Tung Chen, Shahin E. Dashtgard   +7 more
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Visual Detection of Speckles in the Fish Xenotoca variata by the Predatory Snake Thamnophis melanogaster in Water of Different Turbidity.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Semi-aquatic snakes integrate visual and chemical stimuli, and prey detection and capture success are therefore linked to the display of visual predatory behavior.
Javier Manjarrez, Eric Rivas-González, Crystian S Venegas-Barrera, Alejandro Moyaho   +3 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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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 ), Romano, Richard E. ( author ), Berg, Sanford V. ( author )   +2 more
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Serotonin Drives Predatory Feeding Behavior via Synchronous Feeding Rhythms in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2017
Feeding behaviors in a wide range of animals are regulated by the neurotransmitter serotonin, although the exact neural circuits and associated mechanism are often unknown.
Misako Okumura, Martin Wilecki, Ralf J. Sommer   +2 more
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Prey and Non-prey Arthropods Sharing a Host Plant: Effects on Induced Volatile Emission and Predator Attraction [PDF]

, 2008
It is well established that plants infested with a single herbivore species can attract specific natural enemies through the emission of herbivore-induced volatiles.
Cornelis A. Hordijk, Marcel Dicke, Dicke, M., Dicke, Marcel, Posthumus, M.A., de Boer, Jetske G., Maarten A. Posthumus, Jetske G. de Boer, Hordijk, Cornelis A., Hordijk, C.A., Boer de, J.G., de Boer, J.G., Posthumus, Maarten A., Boer, J.G., de   +13 more
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In situ predatory behavior ofMysis relicta in Lake Michigan [PDF]

Hydrobiologia, 1982
Selectivity coefficients (W′) and predation rates on Lake Michigan zooplankton were determined forMysis relicta during spring through fall using anin situ method. W′ values indicated the following ranked order of prey preference: Cladocera > copepod copepodites and copepod nauplii > adult diaptomids and cyclopoids.
Bowers, J. A., Vanderploeg, Henry A.
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Predatory behavior in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

, 2019
Domesticering av hunden har lett fram till en rad olika hundtyper världen över. Alla dessa togs från början fram för ett visst syfte. Dock används inte hundarna i samma utsträckning för sitt huvudsakliga mål, utan hunden hålls idag främst för sällskap ...
Sköld, Rebecka
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