Fighting and death from stress in a cockroach.
Fighting behavior, leading to the establishment of stable dominant-subordinate relationships between pairs of males, is described for the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. Deaths, which do not appear to be due to external damage, occur in subordinate animals as a result of fighting. The situation is likened to death from stress as found in mammals.
D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D013312:Stress, Physiological