Comic Book Predation
Although most animals don't have the powers of Invisible Girl or Miles Morales, this solitary defense makes some prey animals very difficult to see.
What is camouflage?
Most bird migration occurs along this direction, due to the reliability of the change in climate.
What is "North and South"?
This particular action or phrase actors listen for before going on stage is also what predators listen for before landing on their prey.
What is a cue?
Who is Jason Batesman?
This system of polygyny that arises due to difficulty monopolizing females or resources, is also the result of messing up an omelet.
What is a scramble?
Aquaman's water powers could be used to make a poison less potent using this process, a process that also describes how herding behavior makes individual animals more safe.
What is dilution?
Birds tend to fly directly to their wintering grounds and make intermittent stops on the way back to their breeding grounds. Arctic Terns' southbound migration takes longer than 40 times the title of this song (Egevang et al., 2010).
What is "48 Hours"?
Shakespeare characters such as Iago and Lady Macbeth are masters of this kind of signaling, where the signaler benefits at the cost of the receiver.
What is deceitful signaling?
This thriller film starring Robert Redford also describes males that mimic the female of a species in order to discreetly copulate with females.
What is "Sneakers"?
Men may bring home the bacon, but women provide the eggs due to this disparity between the gametes of males and females.
What is anisogamy?
Watch out! This comic book mutant-hunting machine is also the name of an animal, commonly a mammal, looking out for its social group.
What is a sentinel?
Migrating species may evolve certain adaptations for when they move to their wintering habitats, in order to remain _____ (Keller & Seehausen, 2011).
What is "Cool Under Heat"?
Wow, all these carotenoids jacked up the ____ value of the performance! It looks great, but the show uses so much energy now!
What is production value?
Sexual suicide is a behavior present in many of this species, serving as a direct benefit to the female by ensuring that she has energy to produce and lay her young (Andrade et al., 2005). It is also the title of this superhero movie starring Scarlett Johansson.
What is a black widow?
According to the Mate Assistance Hypothesis, in order to make sure all the babies eat breakfast, species living in harsh environments often evolve this mating system.
What is monogamy?
This "HIT Comics" heroine shares her name with one of the most common forms of biological mimicry, in which a harmless species evolves to mimic a harmful one.
Who is Betty Bates?
This song title describes why a facultative migrant like a Song Thrush might decide not to migrate in the winter (Ambrosini et al., 2023).
What is "Safe European Home"?
The famous theater troupe "Deaf West," who incorporate sign language into their choreography, use this method of multimodal communication so that the audience can understand the show, regardless of if their hearing is compromised.
What is redundant multimodal signaling?
Intrasexual selection often leads males to develop large armaments that help with combat against other males (Sørdalen et al. 2020), such as this crustacean that serves as the title for a dark comedy starring Colin Ferrell.
What is a lobster?
Females may turn to polyandry due to this hypothesis, which states that more mates provide more food for a better breakfast.
What is the Additional Resources Hypothesis?
This behavior showcasing your speed or strength could be useful when an alternate-universe Flash is "hot" on your heels!
What is Pursuit-Deterrence Behavior?
Males of a species may migrate first in order to establish territory so that they can attract a female. They may spend time in the interim doing this, to make sure their territory is perfect.
What is "Working and Waiting"?
Red lighting is often used to convey danger in battle scenes, since according to this hypothesis, it subconsciously reminds us of blood.
What is the pre-existing bias hypothesis?
"Satellite males" describe subordinate males who accompany dominant males in the hopes of stealing a copulation from the dominant male (Polidori et al, 2022). It is common in this airborne insect, also the name of a science fiction story starring Jeff Goldblum as an entomologist.
What is a fly?
When there isn't enough food for everybody to reproduce, social species may evolve this mating system focusing on collaboration.
What is polygynandry?