Mice employ a bait-and-switch escape mechanism to de-escalate social conflict
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Although animals implement diverse strategies to avoid hostile confrontations, the extent to which social influences affect escape tactics is unclear. This study uses innovative computational tools to reveal that male mice avoid conflict by exploiting nearby females to divert the attention of a pursuing aggressor in a "bait-and-switch" strategy.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-10-17 15:00:57+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers found that male mice use nearby females to distract aggressors and de-escalate conflicts: the targeted male briefly interacts with a female before quickly escaping, as the aggressor’s focus shifts to her