Mobbing (animal behavior)
ANTIPREDATOR ADAPTATION IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS OF PREY SPECIES MOB A PREDATOR BY COOPERATIVELY ATTACKING OR HARASSING IT, E.G. TO PROTECT OFFSPRING
Mobbing behaviour; Mobbing call; Mobbing signal; Mobbing calls; Mobbing behavior; Animal mobbing behaviour; Animal mobbing behavior; Communal defence
Mobbing in animals is an antipredator adaptation in which individuals of prey species [a predator] by cooperatively attacking or harassing it, usually to protect their [[offspring. A simple definition of mobbing is an assemblage of individuals around a potentially dangerous predator.