Though such mammals are less startled by drones than by airplanes, birds, particularly easily spooked species like cranes, require a more cautious approach.
He was religious about marijuana, but heroin and amphetamines spooked him — particularly toward the end of the '60s, as the East Village and the country grew more death haunted.
If your horse spooks particularly easy, place your hand on their side and the handle of the clippers on the back of your hand.
But the Solyndra bankruptcy further spooked venture capitalists and particularly the pension funds, endowments and foundations that invest in venture capital, said Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association.
Stanley Nabi, chief strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management Group, said that "some of the economic data, particularly on the unemployment front, may have spooked the market a bit".
Such results have spooked teachers watching from afar, particularly as more states are moving to evaluate teachers in part on student test scores.
It's particularly salient right now because insurers are spooked by a new specialty drug, Sovaldi, that can treat hepatitis C, a disease that affects millions -- but costs $1,000 per pill and $84,000 per treatment.
Moreover, tagging animals remains difficult, particularly when the subjects are smart and easily spooked, as capuchins are.
If banks were to tighten lending criteria at the same time, the customers' problems would multiply.That might cause a downward spiral as withdrawals creep up: even a modest rise in dud loans might spook lenders, particularly flighty hedge funds.
European markets ended the week firmly in the red as a slew of disappointing earnings, particularly from the banking sector, and news of a sharp rise in mortgage defaults at Countrywide Financial in the U.S. spooked investors.
