This lifestyle offers many benefits to individuals by increasing protection against predator attacks. (sciencedaily.com)
This shield would have helped protect the animal from predators attacking from below, something that low - slung terrestrial residents don't have to worry about, Rieppel says. (sciencemag.org)
We've only just discovered that many stonefish can flip out a spiny bone in their faces when predators attack, in addition to having highly venomous spines (newscientist.com)