Tail movements by late-term fetal pitvipers resemble caudal luring: prenatal development of an ambush predatory behaviour
With the advent of powerful imaging instruments, the prenatal behaviour of vertebrates has been discovered to be far more complex than previously believed, especially concerning humans, other mammals and birds. Surprisingly, the fetal behaviour of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes and amphisbaenian...
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| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220218 |