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SUBMITTER: Bedore CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685776 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bedore Christine N CN Kajiura Stephen M SM Johnsen Sönke S
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20151201 1820
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 st ...[more]