Live Oscar Scares Little Zebrafish (VIDEO)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Scientists chose the zebrafish predator red tail oscar because it didn't freeze the smaller fish with fright - -the better to examine reactions to live predators versus biomimetic robots. Here, the zebrafish generally stays as far away from the predator as possible.

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Simone Macri

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