Freezing behaviour facilitates bioelectric crypsis in cuttlefish faced with predation risk.
| dc.contributor.author | Bedore, Christine N | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kajiura, Stephen M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnsen, Sönke | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | England | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-17T15:29:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-12-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cephalopods, and in particular the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, are common models for studies of camouflage and predator avoidance behaviour. Preventing detection by predators is especially important to this group of animals, most of which are soft-bodied, lack physical defences, and are subject to both visually and non-visually mediated detection. Here, we report a novel cryptic mechanism in S. officinalis in which bioelectric cues are reduced via a behavioural freeze response to a predator stimulus. The reduction of bioelectric fields created by the freeze-simulating stimulus resulted in a possible decrease in shark predation risk by reducing detectability. The freeze response may also facilitate other non-visual cryptic mechanisms to lower predation risk from a wide range of predator types. | |
| dc.identifier | ||
| dc.identifier | rspb.2015.1886 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2954 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | The Royal Society | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proc Biol Sci | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1098/rspb.2015.1886 | |
| dc.subject | biophysical ecology | |
| dc.subject | cephalopod | |
| dc.subject | crypsis | |
| dc.subject | elasmobranch | |
| dc.subject | electroreception | |
| dc.subject | sensory ecology | |
| dc.subject | Adaptation, Physiological | |
| dc.subject | Animals | |
| dc.subject | Behavior, Animal | |
| dc.subject | Cues | |
| dc.subject | Electric Stimulation | |
| dc.subject | Electrophysiological Phenomena | |
| dc.subject | Predatory Behavior | |
| dc.subject | Sepia | |
| dc.subject | Sharks | |
| dc.title | Freezing behaviour facilitates bioelectric crypsis in cuttlefish faced with predation risk. | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.author-url | ||
| pubs.begin-page | 20151886 | |
| pubs.issue | 1820 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Biology | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 282 |
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