Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Fat fish stay cool: Stress recovery and behavioral flexibility vary with nutritional state and predator exposure in the cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher
Stefan Fischer, Katharina Hirschenhauser, Barbara Taborsky A…·Sabine Tebbich
The study shows that well-nourished cichlids exposed to frequent predators recover faster from stress and show better behavioral flexibility than overweight individuals.
DOI 10.1101/2025.04.02.646863