Knee deep in trouble: rusa deer use an aquatic escape behaviour to delay attack by Komodo dragons
| Autor: | Deni Purwandana, Achmad Ariefiandy, Tim S. Jessop, Yunias Jackson Benu, Mike Letnic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ungulate biology Rusa timorensis 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Zoology Escape response biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences biology.animal Komodo dragon Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Rusa Apex predator |
| Zdroj: | Australian Mammalogy. 42:103 |
| ISSN: | 0310-0049 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/am18052 |
| Popis: | We document six observations of an aquatic behaviour used by rusa deer (Rusa timorensis) to delay an imminent attack from Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis). This unusual behaviour arose after rusa deer fled into the nearby seawater following an attack from a solitary Komodo dragon. Once in the sea, rusa deer remained relatively stationary by standing in shallow water ( |
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