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When it looks and walks like an ant

Authors: Fiona R. Cross, Robert R. Jackson

Published in: Learning & Behavior | Issue 2/2018

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Some jumping spiders (family Salticidae) bear a striking resemblance to ants, a dangerous type of prey, both in terms of their appearance and in terms of how they move. Recent research has taken important steps toward determining whether predators categorize these spiders as ants on the basis of the way they move.

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Title: When it looks and walks like an ant
Authors: Fiona R. Cross
Robert R. Jackson
Publication date: 25-01-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Learning & Behavior / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1543-4494
Electronic ISSN: 1543-4508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-017-0311-0

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