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=== Displacement behavior ===

Fixed action patterns may be performed that are irrelevant to the stimulus present.<ref name=":10">Tinbergen, N., Van Iersel, J. J. A. (1947). Displacement reactions in the three-spined stickleback. ''Behaviour'' '', 1'', 56-63. <nowiki>http://www.jstor.org/stable/{{JSTOR|4532675</nowiki>}}.</ref> This can be seen in sticklebacks.<ref name=":10" /> Displacement behavior occurs when the fighting and mating urges are frustrated.<ref name=":10" /> A male stickleback chasing another male stickleback stops where their two territories meet and dives to the bottom of the tank, picking something up.<ref name=":10" /> This behavior resembles that of nest digging during mating season, but is not released by the proper sign stimulus.<ref name=":10" />

=== Graded response ===