How do domestic chicks respond to their species’ long alarm call?

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A fluffy gray cat clings to the trunk of a tree, looking upward as it climbs to escape. — Avoidance behaviour Cat fleeing by upward climbing.

Domestic chicks exhibit an innate avoidance behaviour when they hear the long alarm call of their species. Specifically, they respond by crouching and freezing.1