1. Self-awareness in animals
... studies. Although this provides a high level of ecological validity, it does make it difficult to determine with certainty what the reason for behaviour truly is. For example it has been observed that certain species of ants mislead other colonies by emitting an alarm signal, which instructs the ants to flee, before making a raid, thus ensuring the nest is empty ... as a defense mechanism by some creatures. For example, many types of birds who are guarding their nests use deception to lead predators away from their offspring, most commonly by feigning an injury to divert the predator's a...
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