Anuran tadpoles respond to chemical cues of predation reducing foraging and swimming activity. In many cases this behavior is produced by a predation event releasing different kind of cues, in particular alarm cues, coming from tadpole itself, seem to play a key role in elicit antipredatory responses, even if they often need to be associated to kairomone (from predator) to have the whole response.

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