The importance of the human face in risk perception by black iguanas, Ctenosaura similis

J. Burger; M. Gochfeld

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The importance of the human face in risk perception by black iguanas, Ctenosaura similis

J. Burger, M. Gochfeld

SAS-DLS-Ctr Collab Neurosci

Rutgers, The State University

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Iguanas were exposed to an approaching person either with an exposed face or with the face covered with hair. In the latter case the iguanas received the conflicting stimuli of a person both approaching, yet appearing to retreat. Iguanas moved earlier, ran earlier, and ran farther when the approaching person had an exposed face compared to a face hidden by hair. For iguanas exposed to a face there were significant correlations between the escape behaviors; iguanas that moved and ran earlier also ran farther. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	426-430
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Herpetology
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1564831
State	Published - 1993

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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