See Wild Ideas...the Podcast 10 for discussion of mobbing behavior how game theory strategies apply to the risk-benefit of smaller birds mobbing a predator.

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Turgor pressure: the outward pressure of water on cell walls.  There are approximately 1,200 species of sphinx moths throughout the world with most species residing in the tropics.

Importance of Wetlands, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Horsehair Worms

        Definitions: precocial species, when hatched, have open eyes, are covered in down and leave the nest within two days of hatching.  There are three levels of precociality found in some North American species; altricial species have closed eyes, little or no down, must be fed by their parents, and are incapable of leaving the nest.  Bird behavior-P.R. Ehrlich et al.  Suggested readings: “The Birder’s Handbook published by Simon and Schuster; Peterson’s Field Guide Series J.M. Pasachoff “Stars and Planets” published by Houghton-Mifflin.

       Mobbing behavior is an antipredatory behavior which occurs when individuals of a certain species mobs and/or harasses a potential predator by cooperatively attacking or harassing it.  Game theory attempts to mathematically capture behavior in strategic situations, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others (Wikipedia).  Suggested readings: Fitness and mating behavior-John Alcock “Animal Behavior” published by Sinauer Associates Inc.