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... prey before them . The schools cannot divide and move behind any one member of the line because of its neighbors . When a suffi- cient number of prey have been assembled in the center of the living net , the hunters sweep in on them ...
... prey before them . The schools cannot divide and move behind any one member of the line because of its neighbors . When a suffi- cient number of prey have been assembled in the center of the living net , the hunters sweep in on them ...
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... prey probably have a hard time also . Camouflage should discourage visually hunting predators from searching for certain prey because preda- tors that inspected every leaf or every inch of tree trunk for leaf- or bark- mimicking insects ...
... prey probably have a hard time also . Camouflage should discourage visually hunting predators from searching for certain prey because preda- tors that inspected every leaf or every inch of tree trunk for leaf- or bark- mimicking insects ...
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... Prey , egg 2. The next stage appears to involve dragging captured prey to a crevice , laying an egg on it , and leaving both prey and egg in the protected site . Sequence : Prey , natural burrow , egg 3. Some species ( e.g. , A. novita ) ...
... Prey , egg 2. The next stage appears to involve dragging captured prey to a crevice , laying an egg on it , and leaving both prey and egg in the protected site . Sequence : Prey , natural burrow , egg 3. Some species ( e.g. , A. novita ) ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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