Sentences with phrase «at catching prey»

It is noteworthy for its extraordinary diving ability and skill at catching prey underwater.

Declawed cats are not as effective at catching prey as cats with claws but declawing does not prevent effective hunting.

On average, the researchers reckon both fish were five times more successful at catching prey together than separately.

Not exact matches

Up - close observations revealed seals caught prey underwater, but ripped it apart at the surface.

Catching prey underwater and then shredding it at the surface was probably a smaller behavioral leap from full - on land feeding than other aquatic hunting strategies.

Chris Anderson and Stephen Deban of the University of South Florida in Tampa filmed veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus, pictured) catching prey at different temperatures.

Future research will aim to uncover why specific skull shapes are better at catching certain prey using bioengineering computer simulations.

The researchers tested what the webs could catch in the most direct way possible: by lobbing different prey animals at them from half a metre away.

He suggests the tentacles may enable snakes to catch prey at night or in murky waters (The Journal of Experimental Biology, DOI: 10.1242 / jeb.039685).

Fish exposed to the noise of speedboats were less efficient at finding, catching and holding on to prey.

Fishermen still make offerings at the volcano for a good catch and hunters still fan across its forested skirt in search of prey.

Some 60,000 years ago, at a time when other Stone Age people were heaving spears at their prey, the members of a culture known as Howiesons Poort were setting their weapons aloft with a bow, 20,000 years before the bow and arrow caught on for good.

«The plant can judge, by simply counting the number of action potentials spreading over the trap, whether useless dead material has landed inside it or if useful animal prey has been caught,» says Sönke Scherzer, an electrophysiologist at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and one of the study's co-authors.

Animal - borne camera reveals that alligators may attempt to capture prey most often at night, even though the calculated probability of catching prey is highest in the morning, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on January 15, 2014 by James Nifong from the University of Florida and colleagues from other institutions.

But surprised scientists have now caught blue whales in the act of making full 360 ° rolls at high speed as they close in on their prey.

Unlike the lantern - mouth angler, the longbarb scaly dragonfish, Macrostomias longibarbatus, catches its prey with a light - producing bulb at the end of a long, whip - like chin barbel.

The genus Ctenus belongs to the so - called wandering spiders, which roam along the jungle floor at night and catch their prey without a web.

It was only when the balls were rolling rapidly that the mucus was very sticky — this is equivalent to what happens when the tongue extends and retracts at high speeds to catch a prey item.

Peregrine falcons can travel at the same speeds as Formula One cars while trying to catch their prey.

What caught my attention immediately was that much like its predecessor, The Strangers: Prey at Night was based on true events.

When cats catch mice at night, their whiskers help guide them as they subdue their prey and move in to deliver the killing neck bite.

This may be because it is often observed when cats are looking out the window at prey they can't actually catch.

Recent research indicates that cats with belled collars tend to be better at prey catching because they become proficient in making soundless movements.

Their superior senses of smell and hearing make them better at spotting prey than human hunters, and their size and agility make them better at flushing and catching it.

A puppy can usually handle cornish hens, baby chickens, squirrels and other small mammals (wild - caught prey should always be frozen for at least three weeks to kill of any parasites it may contain).

At the end of a session, let your cat catch the «prey» and then give her a tasty treat or meal.

Most cats will eat their main meals at dawn and dusk, when they would normally be hunting and catching prey in the wild, so those are often the best times to feed them.

Originally a dog bred exclusively for noble families and to work with their families» falconers before guns were used in bird and small game hunting, ancestors of the Small Münsterländer (formerly the Kleiner Münsterländer Vorstehhund) had to work in upland areas to flush prey for the falcon, then allow the falcon to keep the prey until the falconer could retrieve it while the dog pointed at the catch.

Numerous studies have demonstrated that predation success varies widely among domestic cats: some catch lots of prey while others catch very few — or none at all.

Often times the «prey» being caught by indoor cats isn't edible at all, but rather toy mice, balls, and garbage they felt that they «hunted.»

Serve food at room temperature or warm it slightly to mimic the temperature of fresh caught prey.

At first, I worry that Blum & Poe have caught the overhanging bug that seems to prey on big venues — Ace notoriously overhangs, and MoCA will never accept that it's not MoMA.