Publication . Pereira, Ana Isabel Pimenta Gonçalves; Moita, Marta
When an animal faces a threat, both behavioral and physiological changes
occur that promote the avoidance of the menace. Individuals in the
surroundings of the fearful animal (both con and heterospecifics) may detect
some of these changes, that become cues that signal an impending danger.
The detection of such cues can therefore trigger defense behaviors in
observers, in a phenomenon called Social Transmission of Fear.(...)
