KAIROMONE
kairomone: translation
a type of pheromone produced by fish and used to attract a mate. Predators may also be attracted. Other organisms respond to the fish kairomone too, e.g. water fleas escape predatory guppies more easily, undergo morphological changes (longer helmets) and reproduce at a smaller size
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