Ambush predator (English Wikipedia)

Smith, William John (2009). The Behavior of Communicating: an ethological approach. Harvard University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-674-04379-4. Others rely on the technique adopted by a wolf in sheep's clothing—they mimic a harmless species. ... Other predators even mimic their prey's prey: angler fish (Lophiiformes) and alligator snapping turtles Macroclemys temmincki can wriggle fleshy outgrowths of their fins or tongues and attract small predatory fish close to their mouths.
Levine, Timothy R. (2014). Encyclopedia of Deception. Sage Publications. p. 675. ISBN 978-1-4833-8898-4. In aggressive mimicry, the predator is 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'. Mimicry is used to appear harmless or even attractive to lure its prey.
Tolley, Krystal A.; Herrel, Anthony (2013). The Biology of Chameleons. University of California Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-95738-1. Chameleons may also employ a form of movement-based camouflage, ... [they] often rhythmically rock backward and forward as they walk ... [perhaps] imitating a swaying leaf ... moving in the breeze ... The behavior is widespread in highly cryptic, generally slow-moving, ambush predators, notably chameleons and some snakes and mantids
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deVries, M. S.; Murphy, E. A. K.; Patek S. N. (2012). "Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp". Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (Pt 24): 4374–4384. doi:10.1242/jeb.075317. PMID 23175528.
Moore, Talia Y.; Biewener, Andrew A. (2015). "Outrun or Outmaneuver: Predator–Prey Interactions as a Model System for Integrating Biomechanical Studies in a Broader Ecological and Evolutionary Context" (PDF). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55 (6): 1188–97. doi:10.1093/icb/icv074. PMID 26117833.
Boyle, Julia; Start, Denon (2020). Galván, Ismael (ed.). "Plasticity and habitat choice match colour to function in an ambush bug". Functional Ecology. 34 (4): 822–829. Bibcode:2020FuEco..34..822B. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13528. ISSN 0269-8463. S2CID 214302722.
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deVries, M. S.; Murphy, E. A. K.; Patek, S. N. (2012). "Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp". Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (24): 4374–4384. doi:10.1242/jeb.075317. PMID 23175528.
Anderson, C. V.; Sheridan, T.; Deban, S. M. (2012). "Scaling of the ballistic tongue apparatus in chameleons". Journal of Morphology. 273 (11): 1214–1226. doi:10.1002/jmor.20053. PMID 22730103. S2CID 21033176.
de Groot, J. H.; van Leeuwen, J. L. (2004). "Evidence for an elastic projection mechanism in the chameleon tongue". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 271 (1540): 761–770. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2637. PMC 1691657. PMID 15209111.
Anderson, C.V.; Deban, S. M. (2010). "Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (12): 5495–5499. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.5495A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0910778107. PMC 2851764. PMID 20212130.
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Boyle, Julia; Start, Denon (2020). Galván, Ismael (ed.). "Plasticity and habitat choice match colour to function in an ambush bug". Functional Ecology. 34 (4): 822–829. Bibcode:2020FuEco..34..822B. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13528. ISSN 0269-8463. S2CID 214302722.
Gosline, William A. (July 1994). "Function and structure in the paired fins of scorpaeniform fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 40 (3): 219–226. Bibcode:1994EnvBF..40..219G. doi:10.1007/BF00002508. hdl:2027.42/42637. S2CID 30229791.
Ceccarelli, D. M.; Williamson, D. H. (2012-02-04). "Sharks that eat sharks: opportunistic predation by wobbegongs". Coral Reefs. 31 (2): 471. Bibcode:2012CorRe..31..471C. doi:10.1007/s00338-012-0878-z.
Vieira, Camila; Ramires, Eduardo N.; Vasconcellos-Neto, João; Poppi, Ronei J.; Romero, Gustavo Q. (2017). "Crab Spider Lures Prey In Flowerless Neighborhoods". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 9188. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.9188V. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09456-y. PMC 5569008. PMID 28835630.
Janetos, Anthony C. (1982). "Foraging tactics of two guilds of web-spinning spiders". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10 (1): 19–27. Bibcode:1982BEcoS..10...19J. doi:10.1007/bf00296392. S2CID 19631772.
Banks, M. S.; Sprague, W. W.; Schmoll, J.; Parnell, J. A. Q.; Love, G. D. (2015-08-07). "Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?". Science Advances. 1 (7): e1500391. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0391B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500391. PMC 4643806. PMID 26601232. Supplement: List of species by pupil shape.
Shine, R.; Sun, L.-X. (2003). "Attack strategy of an ambush predator: which attributes of the prey trigger a pit-viper's strike?". Functional Ecology. 17 (3): 340–348. Bibcode:2003FuEco..17..340S. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00738.x.
Anderson, C.V.; Deban, S. M. (2010). "Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (12): 5495–5499. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.5495A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0910778107. PMC 2851764. PMID 20212130.

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Hendler, G.; Franz, D. R. (1982). "The biology of a brooding seastar, Leptasterias tenera, in Block Island Sound". Biological Bulletin. 162 (1): 273–289. doi:10.2307/1540983. JSTOR 1540983. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

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Moore, Talia Y.; Biewener, Andrew A. (2015). "Outrun or Outmaneuver: Predator–Prey Interactions as a Model System for Integrating Biomechanical Studies in a Broader Ecological and Evolutionary Context" (PDF). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55 (6): 1188–97. doi:10.1093/icb/icv074. PMID 26117833.
Spindel, E. L.; Dobie, J. L.; Buxton, D. F. (2005). "Functional mechanisms and histologic composition of the lingual appendage in the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temmincki (Troost) (Testudines: Chelydridae)". Journal of Morphology. 194 (3): 287–301. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051940308. PMID 29914228. S2CID 49305881.
O'Hanlon, James C.; Holwell, Gregory I.; Herberstein, Marie E. (2014). "Pollinator deception in the orchid mantis". The American Naturalist. 183 (1): 126–132. doi:10.1086/673858. PMID 24334741. S2CID 2228423.
Vieira, Camila; Ramires, Eduardo N.; Vasconcellos-Neto, João; Poppi, Ronei J.; Romero, Gustavo Q. (2017). "Crab Spider Lures Prey In Flowerless Neighborhoods". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 9188. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.9188V. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09456-y. PMC 5569008. PMID 28835630.
Banks, M. S.; Sprague, W. W.; Schmoll, J.; Parnell, J. A. Q.; Love, G. D. (2015-08-07). "Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?". Science Advances. 1 (7): e1500391. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0391B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500391. PMC 4643806. PMID 26601232. Supplement: List of species by pupil shape.
deVries, M. S.; Murphy, E. A. K.; Patek, S. N. (2012). "Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp". Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (24): 4374–4384. doi:10.1242/jeb.075317. PMID 23175528.
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Anderson, C.V.; Deban, S. M. (2010). "Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (12): 5495–5499. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.5495A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0910778107. PMC 2851764. PMID 20212130.

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Vieira, Camila; Ramires, Eduardo N.; Vasconcellos-Neto, João; Poppi, Ronei J.; Romero, Gustavo Q. (2017). "Crab Spider Lures Prey In Flowerless Neighborhoods". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 9188. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.9188V. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09456-y. PMC 5569008. PMID 28835630.
Banks, M. S.; Sprague, W. W.; Schmoll, J.; Parnell, J. A. Q.; Love, G. D. (2015-08-07). "Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?". Science Advances. 1 (7): e1500391. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0391B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500391. PMC 4643806. PMID 26601232. Supplement: List of species by pupil shape.
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Anderson, C.V.; Deban, S. M. (2010). "Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (12): 5495–5499. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.5495A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0910778107. PMC 2851764. PMID 20212130.

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Boyle, Julia; Start, Denon (2020). Galván, Ismael (ed.). "Plasticity and habitat choice match colour to function in an ambush bug". Functional Ecology. 34 (4): 822–829. Bibcode:2020FuEco..34..822B. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13528. ISSN 0269-8463. S2CID 214302722.
Gosline, William A. (July 1994). "Function and structure in the paired fins of scorpaeniform fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 40 (3): 219–226. Bibcode:1994EnvBF..40..219G. doi:10.1007/BF00002508. hdl:2027.42/42637. S2CID 30229791.
Spindel, E. L.; Dobie, J. L.; Buxton, D. F. (2005). "Functional mechanisms and histologic composition of the lingual appendage in the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temmincki (Troost) (Testudines: Chelydridae)". Journal of Morphology. 194 (3): 287–301. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051940308. PMID 29914228. S2CID 49305881.
O'Hanlon, James C.; Holwell, Gregory I.; Herberstein, Marie E. (2014). "Pollinator deception in the orchid mantis". The American Naturalist. 183 (1): 126–132. doi:10.1086/673858. PMID 24334741. S2CID 2228423.
Janetos, Anthony C. (1982). "Foraging tactics of two guilds of web-spinning spiders". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10 (1): 19–27. Bibcode:1982BEcoS..10...19J. doi:10.1007/bf00296392. S2CID 19631772.
Anderson, C. V.; Sheridan, T.; Deban, S. M. (2012). "Scaling of the ballistic tongue apparatus in chameleons". Journal of Morphology. 273 (11): 1214–1226. doi:10.1002/jmor.20053. PMID 22730103. S2CID 21033176.

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Hendler, G.; Franz, D. R. (1982). "The biology of a brooding seastar, Leptasterias tenera, in Block Island Sound". Biological Bulletin. 162 (1): 273–289. doi:10.2307/1540983. JSTOR 1540983. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

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Boyle, Julia; Start, Denon (2020). Galván, Ismael (ed.). "Plasticity and habitat choice match colour to function in an ambush bug". Functional Ecology. 34 (4): 822–829. Bibcode:2020FuEco..34..822B. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13528. ISSN 0269-8463. S2CID 214302722.
Buchacher, Christian O. (1993-01-01). "Field studies on the small Surinam toad, Pipa arrabali, near Manaus, Brazil". Amphibia-Reptilia. 14 (1): 59–69. doi:10.1163/156853893X00192. ISSN 1568-5381.