Zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibit individual differences in risk-taking behavior during predator inspection

Autor: Dugatkin, L. A., McCall, M. A., Gregg, R. G., Cavanaugh, A., Christensen, C., Unseld, M.
Zdroj: Ethology Ecology & Evolution; January 2005, Vol. 17 Issue: 1 p77-81, 5p
Abstrakt: Risk-taking behavior associated with predator inspection has been described in a number of fish species. As a first step in parsing out the contribution of genes and environment to risk-taking behavior, the predator inspection behavior of zebrafish was examined. Predator inspection behavior of seventy males was measured once a day for five consecutive days and their mean daily inspection score — a measure of risk-taking tendencies — was recorded. Zebrafish did not habituate to the presence of a predator and significant individual differences in risk-taking behavior were uncovered.
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