Prey-predator communication: for your sensors only.
Prey have evolved myriad strategies to escape predation. Ground squirrels tailor their defensive signals to the predator at hand and use infrared warning signals in response to heat-sensitive rattlesnakes.
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Rachel A
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Section of Integrative Biology, 1 University Station C0930, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. rachelpage@mail.utexas.edu
D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D017839:Crotalus / Q000502:physiology; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008297:Male; D011235:Predatory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000502:physiology; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*