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Science 24 February 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3765, pp. 1035 - 1036
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3765.1035
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Fighting and Death from Stress in a Cockroach

L. S. Ewing 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 9, Scotland

Fighting behavior, leading to the establishment of stable dominant-subordinate relationships between pairs of males, is described for the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. Deaths, which do not appear to be due to external damage, occur in subordinate animals as a result of fighting. The situation is likened to death from stress as found in mammals.


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