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The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn [1] (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. [2] It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1915.
Freezing behavior, also called the freeze response or being petrified, is a reaction to specific stimuli, most commonly observed in prey animals, including humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When a prey animal has been caught and completely overcome by the predator, it may respond by "freezing up/petrification" or in other words by uncontrollably becoming ...
The fight-or-flight response is a biological response of humans and other animals to acute stressors. Fight or Flight may also refer to: Fight or Flight, a documentary film; Fight or Flight (2025 film), a British action film; Fight or Flight, a 1996 book documenting battles from the soldier's perspective by military historian Geoffrey Regan
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In evolutionary psychology, people often speak of the four Fs which are said to be the four basic and most primal drives (motivations or instincts) that animals (including humans) are evolutionarily adapted to have, follow, and achieve: fighting, fleeing, feeding and fucking (a more polite synonym is the word "mating").
WARNING: The following video is extremely graphic: The Austin, Minnesota, slaughterhouse is part of the USDA's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Inspection Models Project , better known ...
This fawn is far from the only deer on the farm who loves getting scritches, though. As seen here, his doting deer will practically swarm him to get their daily allotment of head pats - and ...