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SINCE Charles Darwin's great work of 1859, various facets of the biological armament race between predator and prey have been studied in depth, as in the work of Blest1, Cott2, Darwin3 and De Ruiter4. These studies describe and analyse regular, predictable structure/behaviour complexes, such as camouflage, mimicry and various fleeing mechanisms.
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DRIVER, P., HUMPHRIES, D. Protean Displays as Inducers of Conflict. Nature 226, 968–969 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226968a0
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