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| Title | Work in Crete - Can a conspicuous predator camouflage through background matching? Lionfish-prey interactions. |
| Group | Behavioural Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Alexander Kotrschal |
| Examiner(s) | Alexander Kotrschal |
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| Begin date | 2024/02/01 |
| End date | 2026/08/01 |
| Description | Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) are among the most effective predators on Earth; they catch up to 85% of the prey that they target. Their success as hunters is due to prey barely reacting when they are approached by a lionfish. How such a conspicuous, flamboyant predator manages to approach prey up to a very close distance without them reacting remains a mystery. Students can join field trips to Crete (Greece), where we are investigating the role of background matching in the predation ecology of lionfish. Experiments are done in the lab, on wild-caught lionfish and their prey. |
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