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Fixed action patterns have been observed in many species, but most notably in fish and birds.<ref name=":03"/><ref name=":15" /> Classic studies by Konrad Lorenz and [[Nikolaas Tinbergen|Niko Tinbergen]] involve male stickleback mating behavior and greylag goose egg-retrieval behavior.<ref name=":82">Tinebergen, N. (1952). The curious behavior of sticklebacks. ''Scientific American'', 6, 22–26.</ref><ref name=":92">Lorenz, K., Tinbergen, N. (1970). Taxis and instinct in egg-rolling response of the greylag goose. ''Studies in Animal and Human Behavior'', 1, 328–342.</ref>

Fixed action patterns have been shown to be evolutionarily advantageous, as they increase both fitness and speed.<ref name=":112">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jove.com/science-education/10919/fixed-action-patterns |title=Fixed Action Patterns {{!}} Protocol |website=www.jove.com |access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> However, as a result of their predictability, they may also be used as a means of exploitation.<ref name=":122">{{Cite web |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/fixed-action-pattern |title=Fixed Action Pattern – an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics |website=www.sciencedirect.com |access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> An example of this exploitation would be brood parasitism.<ref name=":132">{{Cite journal |last=Peer |first=Brian D. |last2=Robinson |first2=Scott K. |last3=Herkert |first3=James R. |date=2000-10-01 |title=Egg Rejection by Cowbird Hosts in Grasslands |journal=The Auk |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=892–901 |doi=10.1093/auk/117.4.892 |issn=1938-4254|doi-access=free }}</ref>

There are 4 exceptions to fixed action pattern rules.<ref name=":142">{{Cite journal |last=Schleidt |first=Wolfgang M. |title=How "Fixed" is the Fixed Action Pattern? |url=https://www.academia.edu/32893025 |journal=Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |volume=36 |issue=1–5 |pages=184–211 |issn=0044-3573 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0310.1974.tb02131.x |pmid=4467663 |year=2010}}</ref> These include reduced response threshold, [[vacuum activity]], displacement behavior, and graded response.<ref name=":142"/>