Flash behavior increases prey survival
2018
Flash behavior is an antipredator defense in which an otherwise cryptic prey displays conspicuous color patches during its escape but hides them on resettling. Using human subjects, we found that flash behavior increased the survival rate of escaping artificial prey, most likely because subjects expected to see prey of a different appearance when they came to search for them. This study provides first proof of concept of one hypothesized benefit of flash behavior.
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