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Animal behavior: Timing escape on angular size or angular velocity?

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Claire RindORCiD

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Abstract

Animals avoid rapidly approaching objects. In many arthropods, angular size is a common visual cue used to decide the time of avoidance. A new study shows that fiddler crabs decide when to escape based on object angular expansion velocity.

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Author(s): Tomsic D, Rind C

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Biology

Year: 2023

Volume: 33

Issue: 3

Pages: R108-R110

Print publication date: 06/02/2023

Online publication date: 06/02/2023

Acceptance date: 06/02/2023

Date deposited: 14/04/2023

ISSN (print): 0960-9822

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0445

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.050

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.050

PubMed id: 36750021

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