Spider Calls

Manipulating foraging group size: spider monkey food calls at fruiting trees

The food calling behaviour of the Costa Rican spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi, was studied to determine if food calls function as conditional signals designed to attract conspecifics and thereby manipulate the size of the feeding subgroups. First, individuals were shown to manipulate the number of conspecifics joining them by altering the frequency of calling, Then, based on the expected levels...

Cutaneous necrosis following brown recluse spider bite

House calls.

House calls provide a unique perspective on patients' environment and health problems. The demand for house calls is expected to increase considerably in future decades as the U.S. population ages. Although study results have been inconsistent, house calls involving multidisciplinary teams may reduce hospital readmissions and long-term care facility stays. Common indications for house calls are...

Alarm Calls

Animals commonly vocalize when threatened by a predator. These signals, usually termed alarm calls (from old Italian all arme ‘to arms’ on the approach of an enemy), have continued to bewilder and fascinate for a number of reasons, the first of which is mainly practical. In animal research, it is often difficult to break down the continuous behavioral stream into discrete and meaningful units, ...

Spider-Like Coronary Anatomy; the True Spider!

A 55 year-old man was admitted to the hospital with typical chest pain; the ECG and cardiac biomarkers were normal. He had a history of hypertension and coronary angiography (CAG) a year ago due to unstable angina pectoris and a drugeluting stent was implanted at the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. CAG was performed at admission due to persistent chest pain and a single right co...