“Selective pressures such as predation, resource availability and disease influence all animals. To counterbalance the often-conflicting demands coping with such pressures imposes, many species possess morphological, physiological and behavioral specializations that increase survival in their environment.”…
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb...e-functional-basis-for-variable-antipredatory
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb...e-functional-basis-for-variable-antipredatory