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Risk Assessment: Scorpions’ Ability to Moderate Venom Spraying Behavior

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Many animals use chemical spraying as a defensive response to aggressors. It is considered a secondary tactic that renders the prey less easily captured, as opposed to a primary tactic, which reduces the likelihood of the prey being detected initially. … Continue reading

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Going With the Flow: Does Fish Morphology Correlate with Water Flow?

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“Adaptation” is a term that everyone is familiar with. In the scientific community, it refers to a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. Because of the diversity between … Continue reading

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Rumble in the Jungle: Elephant vocalizations give insight to emotional state

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A group of researchers situated in South Africa examined the emotional effect of translocating a herd of African elephants. They determined that the frequency of their low-pitch vocalizations was markedly higher, suggesting that higher-frequency vocalizations may be a window into … Continue reading

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