Herpetological Highlights
Herpetological Highlights
Herpetological Highlights
211 Babies Crying Attracts Crocodiles
29 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2024 at 7:08 pm.
. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0201.
–227. DOI: 10.33256/34.4.221227.
–115. DOI: 10.1139/z05-182.
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Crocodiles and apes have a long history together, and they might have been dining on our young...
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Main Paper References:
Thévenet J, Papet L, Coureaud G, Boyer N, Levréro F, Grimault N, Mathevon N. 2023. Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Seilern-Macpherson K, Lawson B, Macadam CR, West P, Reed N, Gibson L, Świątek P, Gajda Ł, Cunningham AA, Heaver J, Julian AM. 2024. Predation of anurans in southern England by Batracobdella algira, a leech previously unknown in the UK. The Herpetological Journal
King RB, Ray JM, Stanford KM. 2006. Gorging on gobies: beneficial effects of alien prey on a threatened vertebrate. Canadian Journal of Zoology
Massenet M, Anikin A, Pisanski K, Reynaud K, Mathevon N,  Reby D. 2022. Nonlinear vocal phenomena affect human perceptions of distress, size and dominance in puppy whines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1973), 20220429. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0429
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