Feeling the heat: ground squirrels heat their tails to discourage rattlesnake attack.
Blumstein
Daniel T
DT
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA. marmots@ucla.edu
D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D017839:Crotalus / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007259:Infrared Rays; D011235:Predatory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000502:physiology*