Sentences with phrase «examples with predators»

«Examples with predators were limited to social animals, such as meerkats, where small groups spend more time being vigilant and consequently are more likely to go extinct.

Not exact matches

These «dark posts» — sponsored Facebook posts that can only be seen by users with specific profiles — included videos aimed at African - Americans in which Hillary Clinton refers to black men as predators, for example.

Ornstein and Ehrlich (1989) argue that the human mind has evolved through countless ages to cope with sudden and dramatic changes that threaten survival such, for example, as the threat of a predator, fire or flood.

For example, the thinning ice is driving melt ponds in the Arctic and promoting phytoplankton blooms under the ice; the warming is also altering population dynamics among lemmings, with, in some locations, dire effects on their predators, such as the Arctic fox.

HSS» hypothesis was based on a terrestrial environment mostly involving insects and their predators, with the Kaibab mule deer irruption the sole example presented of a mammalian system.

This study suggests that there may be other ways to deal with the problem — making a plant less attractive to the mothers of the predators, for example.

As the Nile perch is a skilful predator, with a large mouth and a voracious appetite, it has previously been regarded by biologists as a classic example of an invasive species which can literally «eat up» the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

The swimming ability of predator - prone guppies declined more rapidly with age — an example of neuromuscular aging — than in their predator - free cousins.

But probably lots of characteristics might play a role... for example, any gene affecting where and when a predator is active (if it's best not to overlap too much with toads) might help the predator to survive.

Rabbits, for example, with their massive ears, considerable fast - twitch muscle fibers, and nasty claws, can usually hear a predator coming, outrun (out - hop?)

Marketed with the tagline «Whoever wins... we lose,» Alien Vs. Predator provides a rare example of truth in movie advertising.

For example — the PlayStation 3 remains un-hackable, Aliens vs. Predator ceases to be for some, 3DS design finalized, Kinect Bundles, and then we close things up with video games and disorders being linked.