Editing Predation (section)

====Ballistic interception====

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Ballistic interception is the strategy where a predator observes the movement of a prey, predicts its motion, works out an interception path, and then attacks the prey on that path. This differs from ambush predation in that the predator adjusts its attack according to how the prey is moving.<ref name="MooreBiewener2015"/> Ballistic interception involves a brief period for planning, giving the prey an opportunity to escape. Some frogs wait until snakes have begun their strike before jumping, reducing the time available to the snake to recalibrate its attack, and maximising the angular adjustment that the snake would need to make to intercept the frog in real time.<ref name="MooreBiewener2015"/> Ballistic predators include insects such as dragonflies, and vertebrates such as [[archerfish]] (attacking with a jet of water), [[chameleon]]s (attacking with their tongues), and some [[Colubridae|colubrid snakes]].<ref name="MooreBiewener2015">{{cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Talia Y. |last2=Biewener |first2=Andrew A. |title=Outrun or Outmaneuver: Predator–Prey Interactions as a Model System for Integrating Biomechanical Studies in a Broader Ecological and Evolutionary Context |journal=Integrative and Comparative Biology |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=1188–97 |date=2015 |doi=10.1093/icb/icv074 |pmid=26117833 |doi-access=free}}</ref>