Fig. 2: Ambush predators were less likely to kill cattle painted with artificial eyespots than unmarked (Df = 1, p = <0.001) and cross-marked (Df = 1, p = 0.011) cattle, and less likely to kill cross-marked than unmarked cattle (Df = 1, p = <0.001). | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: Ambush predators were less likely to kill cattle painted with artificial eyespots than unmarked (Df = 1, p = <0.001) and cross-marked (Df = 1, p = 0.011) cattle, and less likely to kill cross-marked than unmarked cattle (Df = 1, p = <0.001).

From: Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores

Fig. 2

Plot shows estimated percentage survival curve of cattle in each treatment (n = 683 cattle with artificial eyespots—green; n = 543 cross-marked cattle—red; and n = 835 unmarked cattle—blue), with 95% confidence bands from a survival analysis model. ‘+’ indicates time (days) when the treatment was reapplied. Treatment periods were for a maximum of 24 days, repeated cyclically.

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