Sentences with phrase «if predators»

If predators became herbivorous, they would compete for resources with existing herbivores.

In nature, if predators deplete their prey supply, the depleted prey leads to predator starvation, so predator populations decline, allowing prey populations a chance to recover.

Always be aware of the temperature, weather and if predators are around your area such as coyotes.

Now «it would be interesting to test predator - prey systems in other environments to see if predators show consistently higher performance than their prey.»

However, if, as we showed, the scent is sufficient to continue population decline, then even if the predators move on to other prey, and their scent disappears, this is unimportant for the survival of the population that is at risk whose numbers and reproductive ability have been critically affected by the passing smell of death.»

«We don't know if the predators are there,» said Juana Melara, a room attendant in Long Beach, Calif..

If the predator - poisoning program is not made more adequate, the sheep industry will be forced out of business.

«That makes sense if the predator is affected by your toxin, but these ants aren't.»

If the predator captures you, you receive a small electric shock on the back of your hand.

If a predator is involved, a parent can not waste time deciding whether the baby in need of help is its own.

But all bets are off if both the predator and prey species are evolving in even small ways, according to a new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

If a predator does see through its camouflage and the lizard can't escape, it is anything but helpless.

Earlier this year they also showed that the lizards are quicker to flee if a predator approaches at a run or if it heads straight for them rather than meandering in their general direction.

If the predator was not confused, the prey never evolved to clump, and high numbers continued to «die.»

«If a predator is likely to kill you in the next few weeks or months, it makes little sense to waste resources on a long - lasting, effective immune system or an array of free - radical defenses.

«If a predator grabbed hold of one of these reptiles, the vertebra would break at the crack and the tail would drop off, allowing the captorhinid to escape relatively unharmed,» says Reisz, a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

It's not clear why a conquering male might refrain from destroying existing eggs, although they might offer eggs fertilised by the new male a better chance of survival if a predator attacks the nest.

Having the extra eggs might mean their own are more likely to survive if a predator attacks the nest.

Most cats prefer to eliminate in a location that allows them to visually see if a predator or even a rambunctious littermate is about to approach and attack.

(This is a breed that will lovingly guard a baby lamb, but, if a predator poses a threat, a Pyr will generally dispatch the danger in a fierce and lightening - like manner) In other words, if bred, raised, and treated correctly, this is not a dog to fear, but one to treat with respect and understanding of traits that are naturally characteristic.

If a predator approaches, the dogs bark loudly and the flock gathers round them.

If you suddenly wake up a hamster deep in sleep, it will likely get defensive and could bite you; much like it would if a predator disturbed them in their sleep.

Even if the predator can not physically get to your rabbit, your bunny will be very exposed and terrified during the attack.

It's a natural defense mechanism since it takes a lot of energy to have babies and if a predator gets to her babies first, not only do the babies die, but the mother will have little energy to have another liter.

If a predator tries to attack from behind, the tail detaches and keeps wiggling while the skink scurries away, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.

If the Predator 21 X's curved display isn't enough for you, the laptop has plenty of ports to support a monitor or two — and a mouse, an external hard drive or whatever you want to plug in.

Not exact matches

So if you can't count on psychopaths being obvious, axe - wielding predators, how do you identify them?

If you wish to ensure that your estate does not fall prey to predators, creditors or taxes, keep reading to be sure you're not committing the five cardinal sins of estate planning.

How would you feel if authorities contacted you to reveal that your teenage daughter, who told you she was spending the night at a friend's house, had just been rescued from a potential online predator?

«They pretty much have to if franchises like «Alien» and «Predator» are going to continue to evolve.

«Even just a few years ago, if I said «drone,» you'd think of a predator in Iraq,» says Dave Kroetsch, president of Aeryon Labs in Waterloo, Ont.

Santos chairman Keith Spence said the substantial rise in the oil price since US predator Harbour Energy made its indicative buyout overtures will need to be reflected with a higher proposal if it makes a firm and binding bid after due diligence is finished in the next two weeks.

If a minor or individual with special needs or other issues is the desired beneficiary, then a trust for the benefit of the minor or other individual must become the beneficiary, thereby avoiding any interaction with the court or subjecting the account to creditors, predators, ex-spouses or unnecessary spending.

This type of allegation is common in spurious sex - abuse cases, in part because it solves a common problem: If the victim was never alone with the predator, when and where did the assault take place?

But often, if not always, people are motivated by poor theology and a poor understanding of grace and repentance and that causes them to handle sexual assault in a way where that a lot of predators go unchecked, often for decades.

This helped keep the animals safe at night from wandering off, getting eaten by predators, or from getting stolen, and also helped keep the family in the upper room above (If memory serves me right, Kenneth Bailey writes about this in Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels).

Regarding food and drink water, the required calculated numbers would be around 15 % for food and 10 % for water (even less if rain is used) Regarding predators: the ark had a huge volume, about 500 American railroad cars, each of them able to carry 240 sheep.

Certainly, they could say that if the male religious spent more time dealing with the predators in their midst and serving the poor, the Chruch would not be in such a mess today.

if humans had just fell in line with religious teachings and never asked questions other than «god did it»... then people would still be dying in child birth, the common cold, small poxs etc etc etc. i find that we survived a s a species to become the alpha predator of this planet and the achievements we have made since then to be amazing; attributing everything humans have achieved to a god just cheapens the value of our achievements as a species.

If you are serious about prevention... then you will join us in demanding an end to the passage of this plague from predator to host theough the practice of LGBTQ coitus.

I'm starting to wonder if the only difference between the U.S. Government and Al Qaeda is that Al Qaeda at least had the fiscal responsibility to use inexpensive boxcutters instead of printing billions of dollars and borrowing trillions more to buy guided missiles and Predator drones.

Being a parent of 2 your children, I would be devastated if my children were hurt by a predator.

If you watch other predators eating a kill, these parts are often gone first.

PREDATORS WILL WIN IF... They use their offensive talent to set the tone.

I don't think there are any Red Sox fans who are proud of the team's past practices, and to suggest you can only be a fan of this team is if you are «accepting of its racist past and record of protecting a child predator» is completely asinine.

The Dutch legend was a predator in front of the goal in his peak and Wenger will love if he can impart some of that to Sanogo.

If his declining performances on the pitch weren't enough reason to cash out, the fact that he may now be the source of an internal revolt — with established players reportedly upset with Garcia's blind love for him causing a rift after last weekend's match — should be the final straw, even if they have to take a loss on The PredatoIf his declining performances on the pitch weren't enough reason to cash out, the fact that he may now be the source of an internal revolt — with established players reportedly upset with Garcia's blind love for him causing a rift after last weekend's match — should be the final straw, even if they have to take a loss on The Predatoif they have to take a loss on The Predator.

Walcott, Eboue, Vela, and Arshavin, even Bendtner tend to cross more and with a predator like Eduardo we would be more effective if we give him room to surprise defenders without cutting in and crowd the middle with both our wingers and their wide defenders.

While overall habitat loss is a factor in these declines, research also indicates that even fields of sufficient size, if they are fragmented or interrupted by hedgerows or natural windbreaks, will be passed over by the birds, which may view the linear plantings as cover for predators.

I must warn parents though that if you have very young children (preschoolers especially) the movie does touch on some «Circle of Life» issues... you know predator vs prey!