Toward welfare indicators: leg condition and aversive stimuli modulate defensive behavior in Opilones
The history of invertebrate use in research and their growing use in managed settings highlight the need for validated behavioral indicators of welfare, yet these remain poorly understood across taxa. The arachnid group Opiliones (harvestmen or daddy long-legs) is an ideal group for identifying welfare indicators, given their well-characterized defensive behavior, including the common strategy of…
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