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. 2012 Jun 12;6:28. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00028

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Further characteristics of attacks on novel and familiar prey. (A) Comparison of success rate between Naïve and experienced animals. Naïve animals had 62% attacks aborted but after experience only 33% attacks aborted. (B) Attack durations. After experience all animals show a significant reduction in time taken to pick a roach (paired t-tests, two-tailed, p < 0.05). (C) Paw use. Naïve animals used the fore paw in 40% of the attacks. Experienced animals used the fore paw in only 7% of the attacks.