The study of fish escape responses has provided important insights into the accelerative
motions and fast response times of these animals. In addition, the accessibility of the …

The escape response is the main defense mechanism used by most fish species when
facing a predator attack. Escape responses have been studied in a variety of species …

Invertebrate escape reflexes have long been favoured preparations for investigating
neuronal substrates of behaviour. The large size of many of their component neurones make …

Fast-starts are brief, sudden accelerations used by fish during predator–prey encounters.
The kinematics and performance of fish during fast-start manoeuvres have received a lot of …

Crayfish possess two pairs of giant axons that travel the length of the central nervous
system. The giant cells are command neurons, which produce, with a single impulse, a …

Although fish escape trajectories are linearly related to stimulus direction, they vary
considerably after the initial turn away from the stimulus. Past studies of escape trajectories …

Escape responses are used by most fish species in order to avoid predation. Escape
responses include a number of behavioral and kinematic components, such as …

Inter-individual variation in physiological performance traits, which is stable over time, can
be of potential ecological and evolutionary significance. The fish escape response is …

The outcome of predator-prey encounters is determined by a number of factors related to the
locomotor and sensory performance of the animals. Escape responses can be triggered …

The locomotor performance of dogfish during escape responses was observed by means of
high-speed video. Dogfish show C-type escape responses that are comparable with those …