BOLDNESS AND PREDATOR DETERRENCE - REPLY

Milinski & Boltshauser (Proc. R. Sec. Lend. B 262, 000-000 (1995)) doubt that we (Godin & Davis, Proc. R. Sec. Lend. B 259, 193-200 (1995)) have provided experimental evidence for a pursuit-deterrence function of predator approach behaviour in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). They claim that our methods are flawed and our results correlational and, as a consequence, our evidence is ambiguous. Here, we present a rebuttal of Milinski & Boltshauser's criticisms, and provide additional experimental data that confirm the original results and interpretations of Godin & Davis.