predator defense
Anti-hunter adaptation
Predator defense refers to behaviors, adaptations, or strategies that protect prey from being killed and eaten.
Animals employ various defenses: camouflage, warning coloration, playing dead, fleeing, fighting back, or living in groups.
The term appears in ecology and wildlife management: The porcupine's quills are an effective predator defense.
Extended to human contexts, it describes protective measures against threats: The company's predator defense strategy prevented the hostile takeover.
- spinesStiff, pointed projections
- mobbingCollective harassment behavior
- safety in numbersProtection through group size
- herd behaviorMimicking the group's actions
- venomInjected animal poison
alarm calls · camouflage · vigilance · armor · hide · mimicry · burrowing · toxins · horns · fleeing · escape route · pheromones · freeze · alkaloids · nocturnal activity · sting · irritants · spray