the cinereous antshrike, a bird species in the amazon basin, sometimes gives alarm calls that warn other flock members of predators. when the antshrike gives this kind of call, other species often flee and sometimes leave insect prey behind that a antshrike can snatch up and eat. if we hypothesize that these alarm calls are often deceptive, why might other species find it adaptive to react to cinereous antshrike warning calls if some, or even most, are false alarms? they are scared theey might be eaten they want the aantshrikes to eat too it is never advantageous to eat too a mistake of not hiding during the alarm call could be fatal but they can alwaays find another insect to eaat