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- Antipredator behavior is vital for most animals and calls for accurate timing and swift motion. Whereas fast reaction times [[1]] and predictable, context-dependent escape-initiation distances [[2]] are common features of most escape systems, previous work has highlighted the need for unpredictability in escape directions, in order to prevent predators from learning a repeated, fixed pattern []. Ultimate unpredictability would result from random escape trajectories. Although this strategy would deny any predictive power to the predator, it would also result in some escape trajectories toward the threat. Previous work has shown that escape trajectories are in fact generally directed away from the threat, although with a high variability [].
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