Predatory behavior in two strains of laboratory mice

Thomas, Karla

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“…Even naive young of many species spontaneously attack crickets, for example, grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster and O. torridus; Baxter, 1979;Boice & Schmeck, 1968;Cyr, 1972;Langley, 1981Langley, , 1983, golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus; Polsky, 1975Polsky, , 1977aPolsky, , 1977bPolsky, , 1977cPolsky, , 1978aPolsky, , 1978b, Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus; C. G. L. Brack, 1981), and laboratory mice (Mus musculus; Butler, 1973;Thomas, 1969;Whelton & O'Boyle, 1977). Further, in nearly all these cases predatory behavior showed marked increases in efficiency and stereotypy of damage location with experience.…”

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Form and development of predation on crickets in adults of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and P. leucopus noveboracensis..

Kreiter¹,

Timberlake²

1988

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Three experiments compared the similarities and differences in attacks on crickets by two species of laboratory-raised cricetid mice, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and P. leucopus noveboracensis. In Experiment 1 moderately prey-experienced 1.5-year-old mice of both species concentrated attacks on the crickets' dorsal head. P. leucopus also produced considerable damage to the thorax and showed a greater effect of sessions on the location and latency of attack. In Experiment 2 prey-naive .4-to .8-year-old mice of both species initially damaged crickets randomly and were slow to attack, but after two sessions both species attacked rapidly and displayed the same focus on the dorsal head shown in Experiment 1. However, P. leucopus did not display the thoracic focus shown by this species in Experiment 1. In Experiment 3 the P. leucopus from Experiment 2 were retested at 1.5 years of age without further predatory experience and showed the thoracic focus of attack found in Experiment 1. Young adults of both species markedly and similarly increased the speed and focus of predatory attacks on crickets after limited experience. The attack characteristics of older P. maniculatus differed very little from those of experienced young adults, whereas the attack characteristics of P. leucopus changed as a function of both age and subsequent test experience.

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Form and development of predation on crickets in adults of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and P. leucopus noveboracensis..

Kreiter¹,

Timberlake²

1988

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…Several studies have described behaviors exhibited by house mice in encounters with conspecifics or prey animals [Brian and Al-Maliki, 1978;Clark and Schein, 1966;Mettala, 1965;Scott, 1970;Thomas, 1969;van Oortmerssen, 19701, but none has systematically compared responses in these two situations. Until the same responses have been measured in both predatory and intermale encounters, the behavioral content characteristic of these two forms of aggression cannot be directly compared.…”

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Intermale fighting and predatory behavior in house mice: An analysis of behavioral content

Lynds¹

1980

Aggr. Behav.

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“…The cricket-killing response of mice is a convenient model of predation (Butler, 1973;Lowe & O'Boyle , 1976;Thomas 1969). The present study examined the relative effectiveness of selected intensities of electric shock and selected dosages of lithium chloride (UC!)…”

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Suppression of predatory behaviors in laboratory mice following lithium chloride injections or electric shock

Klunder

O’Boyle

1979

Animal Learning & Behavior

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Predatory behavior in two strains of laboratory mice

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Form and development of predation on crickets in adults of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and P. leucopus noveboracensis..

Form and development of predation on crickets in adults of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and P. leucopus noveboracensis..

Intermale fighting and predatory behavior in house mice: An analysis of behavioral content

Suppression of predatory behaviors in laboratory mice following lithium chloride injections or electric shock

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