... on at 07:00 h to 19:00 h) and the experiments were run between 08:00 h and 19:00 h, 4–10 days after the animals’ arrival at the laboratory. The animals were not fed after their arrival at the laboratory. Here we show that: (a) the predatory behavior of Neohelice can be reliably elicited...

.... 18 9 2012 11 2 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 contrast vision optomotor response prey detection predatory behavior cephalopod Visual motion detection plays a crucial role in the early life stages of many organisms, as it is used...

... for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 11 11 2011 28 3 2012 © 2012. 2012 morphological asymmetry antisymmetry fish laterality behavioral lateralization predatory behavior evasive response predation Animals do not necessarily behave left–right symmetrically. Some...

... predatory behavior The extraction of depth information from the two-dimensional image of a natural scene on the retinas is a problem for many nervous systems and may be determined only probabilistically ( Yang and Purves, 2003 ). Nevertheless, there are strong selection pressures on animals...

...Kenneth V. Kardong; Vincent L. Bels ABSTRACT The predatory behavior of rattlesnakes includes many distinctive preparatory phases leading to an extremely rapid strike, during which venom is injected. The rodent prey is then rapidly released, removing the snake’s head from retaliation by the prey...