Sentences with phrase «as wild dogs»

Even before the eggs hatch, they fall prey to predators such as wild dogs, raccoons, skunks, and birds that feed on the eggs.

But our domesticated dogs aren't quite as tough as wild dogs.

In the wild, wolves (as well as wild dogs) communicated their locations by howling when scouting for food or guiding pack members back to the pack.

He regarded Canaanites as wild dogs; she accepts this.

Jack and White Fang must endure some trying times, and one of these — a close encounter with a big brown bear — involves both, as the wild dog stands up to the much larger, more imposing foe and saves the terrified Jack's life.

There is a wide variety of landscapes that easily support a diversity of game and rare and endangered species such as wild dog, black rhino, roan, sable, buffalo and tsessebe.

Not exact matches

Is our modern God the same as in 1801, when Christians at a revival in Kentucky became so filled up with God's spirit that they got down on all - fours and barked and howled like wild dogs?

Nobody can assess the mental qualities of a dog without having once possessed the love of one, and the same thing applies to many other intelligent socially living animals, such as ravens, jackdaws, large parrots, wild geese and monkeys.

As per Professor Crossan's analyses in his many books, the body of Jesus would have ended up in the mass graves of the crucified, eaten by wild dogs, covered with lime in a shallow grave, or under a pile of stones.

Were the various breeds of dog to run wild, they might be classified by an enthusiastic but naive naturalist as separate species.

Led by scientists from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, the study highlights how African wild dogs — already classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List — raise fewer pups at high temperatures.

He thinks surveillance of an entire rural ecosystem — pigs, birds, people, as well as dogs, cats, horses, and other domesticated and wild animals — would finally yield some deeper insights into why and how flu viruses evolve.

At one level it is Canis lupus dingo, a subspecies of dog that arrived in Australia from Asia 3500 years ago as a domesticated animal that later reverted to living in wild packs.

It was considered native, wild, and associated with Aboriginal people as a domestic dog, perhaps as a guard dog or hunting dog.

Laska's team found that when the compound was smeared on wood, Siberian tigers and three species of wild dog at the nearby Kolmården Wildlife Park found it just as attractive as the meat they are usually fed with.

The findings suggest that although wild animals may be important for the transmission of new diseases to humans, humanity's oldest companions — livestock and pets such as cattle and dogs provide the vital link in the emergence of new diseases.

Other labs could then compare DNA sequences from purebred dogs; wild canids such as wolves, coyotes, and dingoes; and feral dogs.

Such diversity led Darwin to think that domestic dogs must have evolved from several wild canines, such as jackals, coyotes and wolves, but in fact we now know that all breeds descended from one species, the grey wolf.

Wild dogs, for example, reduce hunting activity as temperature increases.

African wild dogs (shown) were one of four groups of carnivores that chewed or played with wooden blocks covered with a single molecular ingredient of blood just as much as with blocks coated with real horse blood.

Slide Show: Bio-Boundary for African Wild Dogs «They have a bad reputation,» he says, «People see them as savage killers that will devour all their goats.»

NORTHERN TULI GAME RESERVE, Botswana — The African wild dogs are about 80 feet (25 meters) away as Craig Jackson slips out of his Land Rover with a softball - size wad of tinfoil.

For each island, the researchers recorded the presence or absence of various native mammals, and of rats, cats, foxes, and wild dogs known as dingoes, which some scientists believe help control invasive predators.

Elephants and some canid species, such as African wild dogs, for example, will often care for another's young and they also show a great deal of cooperation within a group, sharing sources of food and water, and assisting injured or disabled group members.

Altogether, the haplotypes of the three ancient samples were classified as either dog or wolf - like for 18 matrices that showed clear distinction between dog and wild canid haplotypes based on average reference allele counts calculated per window.

German sporting and dog magazine Wild und Hund reports that thousands of domestic and wild animals are falling ill from tainted waste from green «climate - friendly» biogas plants, which is then used as an agricultural fertilizer in fieWild und Hund reports that thousands of domestic and wild animals are falling ill from tainted waste from green «climate - friendly» biogas plants, which is then used as an agricultural fertilizer in fiewild animals are falling ill from tainted waste from green «climate - friendly» biogas plants, which is then used as an agricultural fertilizer in fields.

As a result, understanding changes in population size for social species — several of which, such as African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their owAs a result, understanding changes in population size for social species — several of which, such as African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their owas African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their own.

Oscar Mayer, in May 2017, announced its decision to abandon nitrates, nitrites and preservatives in its hot dogs, replacing them with «cultured celery juice» (a wild card as far as nitrate content is concerned) and «natural flavorings.»

Keep in mind that most previous studies had never separated processed meat (such as hot dogs, bologna, lunch meats with chemical additives, etc) vs unprocessed meats (such as a healthy grass - fed steak, pasture - raised pork tenderloin, grass - fed burger, wild game meats, etc) in investigating the relationship between meat eating and heart disease.

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Attempting to make an escape Klaw starts howling like a wild dog, shooting into the panicked crowd as T'Challa gives chase.

Two pages go to «Don Siegel and Me», an excerpt of Sam Peckinpah's Don Siegel: Director afterword in which the legendary director of The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs recalls getting his start as a dialogue director under the angry Siegel on Riot.

We're introduced to them at the start of the film, as they entertain themselves by capturing a dog in a bear trap, shades of the opening to another nihilist classic, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.

This fantastical assemblage, like something from a Mad Max movie, would scoop up everything in its way: predators such as lions and cheetahs, lumbering endangered herbivores such as rhinos and elephants, herds of impala and wildebeest, family groups of warthogs and wild dogs.

People tend to run wild on those match questions, marking all kind of stuff as «mandatory,» in essence putting a checklist to the world: I'm looking for a dog - loving, agnostic, nonsmoking liberal who's never had kids — and who's good in bed, of course.

at full - page spreads of the activities of some African animals, such as an elephant eating, wild dogs listening, and rhinos napping.

There are probably lots of dog and cat owners who feed wild birds as well.

Giving all the dogs new names the moment they enter her shelter, she works closely with a dog therapist to help these pooches, and local groups such as Alaskan Wild Women, Challenge Alaska, FOCUS, and Arctic Paws Yummy Chummies often chip in, helping her and her shelter whereever they can, whether it be donations of treats, food to vet services.

One of the favorite standout animal films at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals in 2015 was «White God», a Hungarian film centered on the story of a 13 - year old girl whose father sets her dog free into the streets, where he must learn to live among the packs of wild dogs who roam the city, as he tries to find his way back to his best friend.

These foods are gaining converts daily, as a growing number of consumers seek to feed their dogs a diet that more closely resembles they dogs would consume in the wild.

Some people would argue that wild dogs usually eat these parts of an animal and it is natural for their dogs to do so as well.

In the wild, they do not necessarily form a group with a distinct hierarchy and hunt together as dogs do.

By the time a dog is 6 months old, she is an adolescent, and as wild as a teenager who has never been asked to sit still in class and learn.

Many customers also reported that their dogs were healthier as a result of eating Taste of the Wild Dog Food.

This normally calm breed will often go crazy to hunt pigs due to their long history as hunting dogs breed for hunting wild bore.

Our dogs would not thrive on an all - meat diet the same way that a wolf would — just as a wild wolf would not tolerate moderate amounts of starches like our pet dogs.

Though we think of wild wolves as subsisting entirely on the flesh of the prey animals they manage to catch, in reality, both wild wolves and domesticated dogs are omnivores — they are capable of eating both animal and plant foods.

Unlike most dog foods that contain either chicken or beef as its principal protein source, Nude Food highlights the proteins obtained from pork in addition to herring, lamb, wild boar, and eggs.

His expertise spans the animal kingdom from dogs and cats to wild species such as leopards, gibbons, wolves, and giraffes.

Studies on African Wild Dog skulls around 100 years old show that very similar numbers and types of dental problems occurred with the skull specimens as occur with pet dogs and cats.