#BehaviouralNote

Anti‐Snake Ballistic Missiles: Explosions Trigger Immediate Movement in Snakes Spalerosophis diadema snakes exhibited immediate movement responses to missile attacks accompanied by loud explosion noises during the military conflict between Israel and Iran.

🧪 ETHOLOGY: When missiles fly, snakes move 💥🐍
Liang et al. report that explosions from missile interceptions triggered immediate movement in snakes during armed conflict — reactions scaled with blast intensity but vanished after feeding. #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

Who Is Likely to Cheat? Linking Personality to Worthless Gift Production in a Spider Male spiders of Pisaura mirabilis use two strategies to court females: offering either nutritious gifts or worthless ones. Our study shows that aggressive and larger males are more likely to use wort....

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Which males cheat with worthless gifts? 🎁🕷️
Beydizada et al. link spider personality to cheating tactics in tent spiders. Exploration & aggressiveness shape responses to worthless prey, but not gift production itself. It's #OpenAccess: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

Just Hang On: Australian Gall Midges Suspend Themselves on Spider Silk Without Becoming Entangled Silk is a versatile biological material for its producers yet also introduces novel resources into the environment that non-silk producers can exploit. We provide observations of Australian gall midg....

Einfach mal abhängen! 🕸️🦟 Australische Gallmücken wurden dabei beobachtet, sich zum Ruhen an Spinnenseide aufzuhängen – ohne sich zu verfangen. Ein cleverer Trick, um Fressfeinde zu vermeiden? 🧐
Lest die #BehaviouralNote von Gould & Reynolds! #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....

Just Hang On: Australian Gall Midges Suspend Themselves on Spider Silk Without Becoming Entangled Silk is a versatile biological material for its producers yet also introduces novel resources into the environment that non-silk producers can exploit. We provide observations of Australian gall midg....

ETHOLOGY: Just hang on! Australian gall midges have been observed suspending themselves on spider silk for resting, without getting entangled. A clever trick to avoid predators?
🕸️🦟🧐 Read the #BehaviouralNote by Gould & Reynolds! It's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #Ethology #AnimalBehavior

Idiosyncrasy in Multimodal Gestural Communication: A Case Study of Hand‐Clapping in a Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) An adult male Barbary macaque displays a novel gesture in the species' repertoire, that is, hand-clapping, which he uses for agonistic signalling. The individual directs the hand-clap at conspecifics....

Ein Berberaffe wurde beim Händeklatschen beobachtet – ein in dieser Art bislang unbekanntes Verhalten! 🐵👏 Bosshard et al. vermuten, dass es als Drohgebärde dient und womöglich von Menschen abgeschaut wurde. Spannende Einblicke in die Kommunikation von Affen! 🔍📢 #OpenAccess #BehaviouralNote

Non‐Lethally Produced Chemical Risk Cues Elicit Antipredator Responses in a Common Canadian Minnow Predation risk exerts significant pressure on the survival of prey species and has many indirect impacts on their habitat use, energy allocation, and community dynamics. Prey must consistently assess...

ETHOLOGY: Assessing the surrounding for predation risk is important for prey species. Groves et al. show that different non-lethal cues—disturbance signals & predator odors—trigger different antipredator responses in blackchin shiners! 🐟💨 #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #BehaviouralNote

ETHOLOGY: MacGillavry et al. observed mountings of female-plumaged birds of paradise and discuss the possible meaning as alternative mating tactic.
Read the #BehaviouralNote here, it's #OpenAccess:🐦
🐦🐦🐦🌈 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.13451