For fish, fear smells like sugar
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 21:30
in Psychology & Sociology
When one fish gets injured, the rest of the school takes off in fear, tipped off by a mysterious substance known as "Schreckstoff" (meaning "scary stuff" in German). Now, researchers have figured out what that scary stuff is really made of.
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