startle response
startle response The reaction of an animal to sudden danger, by a threat display (e.g. when certain butterflies and moths reveal eyespots on the wings) or flight (e.g. on average it takes 20 milliseconds for a puff of air from an approaching missile to set an American cockroach running).
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