Sentences with phrase «behavior of a prey»

Domestic rabbits maintain the physiology and behavior of a prey species and they experience pain in the same manner as other companion animals.

Not exact matches

The network would make it possible to fight back against those who «steal intellectual property and private data, sow division and obscure bad behavior, slander and defame the innocent, prey on the weak and plans the seeds for total darkness in the event of all - out war.»

But to actively penalize people for this behavior just opens up a cottage industry of people to prey on the ignorant.

The field of behavioral finance has shone a spotlight on the psychological reasons why individuals fall prey to certain decision - making pitfalls, including short - term behavior that prejudices long - term investment performance.

Behavioral finance theory identifies a number of behaviors that investors typically fall prey to.

Priests that had a history of bad behavior were shipped to different churches where the congregation had no idea what kind of criminal had been placed in their midst to prey on their children.

Identifying the factors that determine these patterns — the distances separating populations, physical barriers preventing the movement of animals, hunting behavior, and interactions with prey species — is the fun part.

That artistic gap may be due to differences in the way they hunted, suggests a University of California, Davis, expert on predator - prey relations and their impacts on the evolution of behavior.

That a simple change in the concentration of food could lead to such unusual behavior speaks to how prey density can drive the evolution of new hunting strategies, Cade suggested.

Richard Coss, a psychology professor and expert on the evolution of predator — prey relationships at the University of California, Davis, studied the behavior of 185 people who were attacked by mountain lions (aka pumas or cougars) between 1890 and 2000 in the U.S. and Canada.

The resulting videos contained over 4 terabytes of data, which Sheng and his colleagues crunched to compare the swimming behaviors of predator and prey species in the presence of different toxin levels.

You may have heard of a landscape of fear — how a predator can influence an ecosystem not just by eating its prey, but also by introducing fear into the system, changing the behavior of many organisms.

The research team used long - term satellite tagging data from large tiger sharks and adult female loggerhead sea turtles, common prey of tiger sharks, to examine their movement patterns and evaluate if turtles modify their behaviors to reduce their chances of a shark attack when turtle and shark home ranges overlapped.

Research suggests that the behavior of both predator and prey may be affected by ocean acidification.

Second, their diet consists largely of flying insects that are captured in an unusual way; they use their white tail spots and tail - flicking behavior to flush prey hidden in vegetation.

Thus, fossils from southeast Missouri are helping scientists unlock clues about the behaviors of these predators and their interactions with their prey.

Most research on color and behavior in toxic amphibians has focused on interactions between individuals of the same species or between predators and prey.

Kubodera's videos, which captured 14 attack behaviors, showed that as a squid approached, it sometimes emitted a short flash from photophores (light - producing organs) on the tips of its arms, perhaps in an effort to blind its prey or to illuminate it for easier capture.

«The prey are numerous and reliable,» Patterson says, «and their behavior is so predictable — they always dart out of the sands — that they make this hunting behavior worthwhile for the dolphins.»

To add to its mystery P. otwayensis weaves highly stereotyped ladder - shaped webs, where they stand facing down after sunset, waiting for preys which will be caught by using the ladder as a trap — a behavior which was already described in detail by now retired arachnologist Mike Gray (Australian Museum) for the only known other species of this genus, P. carraensis.

New research by Lindsey Dougherty of the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that scaring off predators or luring prey may be the primary motivations for the disco clam's flashy behavior.

Observing the behaviors of dangerous and cryptic predators like alligators is no easy task, so scientists used animal - borne cameras to monitor alligators capturing prey and their other activities.

In the recent studies, researchers showed that this behavior happens for extensive periods of time at or near the seafloor, that it occurs in the presence of concentrations of sand lance (a preferred prey fish), and that the behavior is accompanied by the expansion of the animal's ventral (throat) pleats.

They point out that the orcas» hunting tactics for the two types of prey differ dramatically and are learned behaviors — cultural differences that may also help drive populations apart.

The tagged minkes also gulped down a remarkable number of mouthfuls of krill per dive compared with other baleen whales, which all catch prey using a behavior known as lunge feeding.

For the first time, researchers are exploring ways to improve welfare in captive birds of prey through olfactory enrichment - or using scent cues to alleviate boredom and encourage species - appropriate behavior.

Not only have Ms. Nelson Slater and Dr. Hauber shown that certain birds of prey can use scent to find a food source, but their methodology also provides zoos with a novel, safe and effective means to encourage more species - specific feeding behaviors — particularly ripping and tearing — in birds of prey.

Plus, when we fixate on a rigid notion of «success» or «being the best,» we lose touch with our many facets, and often fall prey to extreme behaviors.

In episode 105, the dangers of secondhand smoke - and of legislating human behavior - are hotly debated at a public hearing in New York; Penn & Teller look at the baby products industry that preys on guilt - ridden parents.

Predictable and consistent behavior Prefers human company, especially children Relatively «directable» without training Affectionate Able to be banged around, by kids and clumsy humans Comfortable indoors, and in the climates you live in and take vacations Doesn't require a lot of exercise Calm in the home; not hyperactive Medium high food drive; medium high prey drive (for fetching) Able to take, and learn from, a correction Low initiative Low fearfulness Submissive Low other - dog aggression Quiet; not highly reactive to bark at sights and sounds around the home or in public Image of a guard dog without the actual follow through (if you are into that kind of thing) Easily Housetrained (some breeds are easier than others)

When you watch a dog play, you will often see some segments of the prey drive behavior which includes searching, stalking, chasing, biting and killing.

Hunger does not trigger the behavior; it is the sound, scent, or sight of moving prey that provides the stimulus.

The behaviors of «hunting» breeds have been refined to those that only locate prey for the human hunter (pointers and setters), and those that bring it back once killed (retrievers and spaniels).

In a study slated for release later this year in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, researchers concluded that televised moving images of prey animals hold «some merit as a method of environmental enrichment for domestic cats,» so time in front of the tube may not be unproductive, at least for feline viewers.

At a larger scale, this method would more accurately assess the seasonal variation in predation rates, individual hunting behavior throughout the year and the actual impact of cat predation on prey populations (Tschanz et al., 2011).

Leopards often stash their prey high up in a tree for munching on later, and the food burying behavior of house cats is said to be more common in multi-cat households.

As an adult the types of aggression that need the owner's management the most would be same - sex, territorial, and prey - drive behaviors.

This means, he will quite naturally exhibit the entire prey behavior sequence of stalking, chasing, killing, and sometimes consuming small prey.

Hunting, pouncing, and body postures of play aggression are the types of behaviors displayed by cats when in search of prey.

Body postures of play aggression are the behaviors a cat shows when searching for and catching prey.

The notion of looking for prey may occur to her for the first time, and some playful hunting behavior may appear.

The group will discuss adaptations and behaviors of predators and prey, as well as what happens when links are broken in a food chain.

But this ratio, 3.3, hinges on the hunting behaviors of just 24 cats — 12 that returned prey home, and another 12 (11 pets and 1 feral) that were observed hunting for a total of 181 hours (anywhere from 4.8 — 46.5 hours per cat).

The behavior is a remnant of living outside and needing to use paws to grab and hold onto prey.

«Hunting behavior of domestic cats and their impact on prey populations.»

It is theorized that the prey instinct in canines is at the root of this behavior.

• Adults and children should never run and scream if a dog chases them because this could trigger a dog's predatory behavior of pursuing and biting its perceived prey.

When they play or run she chases and attacks them, I correct this behavior but I am afraid of stifling her prey drive and preventing her from being toy obsessive like I need.

It is usually provoked by a specific circumstance such as confusion regarding the status of a stranger and is often related to a dog's herding / chasing behavior or prey drive.

Because in more cases than we might care to know, a lot of innocent, but poorly managed dogs, have been put to death for doing totally natural behaviors, such as guarding prey objects.