Scientists uncover an unhealthy herds hypothesis

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Biologists worldwide subscribe to the healthy herds hypothesis, but could it be that predators can also make prey populations more susceptible to other predators or even parasites? Biologists have now discovered at least one animal whose defenses against a predator make it a good target for one opportunistic parasite.

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