Sentences with phrase «by one's prey»

The dog's hunting instincts are governed by their prey drive.

As a result, the colors can be easily seen from other hunters, but can not be seen by the prey.

They may have ingested some plant material that had been eaten by their prey, but it was only a very small percent of their diet.

What about the suffering endured by the prey of cats?

Oh how much time we spend arguing about Jesus, who never existed, and if he did was just a crackpot looking to get money by preying on others for support.

Some of these «anti-cold-calling» gurus have made names for themselves and profited by preying upon the fear of cold calling.

In some systems indirect effects of predation can also arise as a result of behavioral changes by prey in response to the threat of predation, which we will further explore in this chapter.

Service dogs are trusted to guide blind people across busy streets, undistracted by prey animals.

These felines become infected by preying on infected birds and rodents.

As always, CreateSpace has given authors the opportunity to pay to have professional design services for their works, but unlike platforms that are making a huge profit by preying on authors» fears of publishing books that look homemade and are riddled with formatting errors, CreateSpace has always offered free tools as well for authors who have the know - how to go forward on their own.

As an aside, my guess is that this particular person, if she's not just a personification of the attitude I've seen so frequently coming from people who hope to become parents through adoption, has fallen for the «perfect baby» stories that came out of adoption so long ago and have been continually pushed by unethical adoption agencies just looking to stay in business by preying on the desires of people who can afford to keep them in the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed.

The effect could also apply higher up the food chain — predators often have to deal with toxins produced by their prey, such as scorpion venom.

The research suggests that cheetah chases comprise two primary phases, the first an initial rapid acceleration resulting in high speed to quickly catch up with prey, followed by a second, which is a prey - specific slowing period, five to eight seconds before the end of the chase, that enables the cheetah to match turns instigated by prey as the distance between them closes.

But on the other hand, there's something admirable about the back to basics approach affected by Prey at Night.

For more on this chilling aspect of the outbreak, please read Ben Hale's recent piece in Slate: «The Most Terrifying Thing About Ebola: The disease threatens humanity by preying on humanity.»

Financial services firms would still be able to adopt a variety of business models and make a reasonable profit, but not by preying on the lack of sophistication of the average worker or retiree who relies on them for best - interest recommendations.»

The later prophets were stirred by a vision of hope, in which they looked to YHWH to renew the world by the abolition of war, famine and plague, by reconciling not only bitter and hostile men, but even the very animals that lived by preying upon one another, and it did not even occur to those prophets to ask what would be their own personal place in that new world to which they looked in hope.

it's not like they have any vested interest in selling BIGGER and MORE EXPENSIVE carseats by preying on the self - doubting minds of moms and dads in love with their precious children, now is there?

THE mysterious moustache of an aquatic snake may help it «see» in murky waters by detecting subtle currents generated by its prey.

Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now thought to be aided by the production of toxins.

German biologist Kirsten Pohlmann of the University of Konstanz and her colleagues thus hypothesized that such fish might be using chemical and hydrodynamic cues in the wakes left by prey to locate their next meal.

Because predator species are animals that survive by preying on other organisms, they send ripples throughout the food web, regulating the effects other animals have on that ecosystem.

Blindfold a harbor seal, clap headphones on its ears, and the keen hunter will still be able to track a distant fish, using its whiskers to detect the ripples made by its prey.

The wasps do not have their natural predators, and Spurr believes they may be upsetting the ecological balance by preying on native insects and young birds, and by competing for food.

«Mercury in fish affected by both prey type and quality, study finds.»

The eagles, whose symptoms included leg paralysis and tremors, are believed to have contracted the disease by preying on sick or dead water birds called eared grebes that were infected by the West Nile virus, said Leslie McFarlane, Utah wildlife disease coordinator.

But where another fish might have been fooled by a prey using counterillumination, the short - nose green - eye fish uses its sophisticated peepers (pdf) to break up any bioluminescent shams.

The ecosystem turns around as predators are being outnumbered by preys.

And guess what other common devices encourage addictive behaviors by preying on that sense that something exciting could happen at any moment?

Cooking the vegetables slightly will help to break them down, which makes sense, considering that most plant matter cats would consume in the wild would have been partially digested by their prey already.

«Valentine's Day is an opportune time for sweetheart scammers who capitalize on the season by preying on individuals looking for love,» Experian Consumer Protection vice president Michael Bruemmer said via email.

In Vadim's rendition, Valmont (Gérard Philipe) is married to Juliette de Merteuil (Jeanne Moreau), and together they get their kicks by preying on the weaknesses of other high - society types.

True, numerous companies still exist that are looking to make a buck by preying on the aspirations of new authors.

They differ from people and dogs in that they have needed to survive on their own for approximately 10,000 years.1, 2 Being solitary survivors, they have adapted to appear strong and healthy when they may not be.2 They also may not like another cat in the household, but they will rarely fight.3, 4 These behaviors all work to prevent injury by their prey or another cat.

It's thought they could, in the right circumstances, even aid farmers by preying upon kangaroos, which compete with livestock such as sheep for pastoral land.

In the wild, cats are motivated by prey such as birds, rodents, bugs, squirrels, and chipmunks.

Feral cats also bring pests like fleas and ticks, and they can start to affect the environment by preying on natural bird and rodent populations.

Hunting dogs and cats are particularly at risk of contracting a parasite as they could ingest parasites hosted by their prey.

, you'd discover the only carbohydrate - rich foods your pet's wild counterparts ingest are those that have been pre-digested by prey animals.

Your dog's or cat's body isn't designed to handle large quantities of «fresh» grains or seeds (those that haven't been predigested by a prey animal), yet commercial pet foods — especially kibble formulas — are often loaded with grains.

This species, considered a keystone species, helps maintain the health of kelp forests by preying on sea urchins, which, if allowed to proliferate, can destroy a kelp forest.

Absent for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, they seem to have returned, enticed perhaps by a shift in ocean temperature or by prey abun - dance.

They worked hard instead to scare the public by preying on their ignorance.

«The «team» really was just one man, a felon using a Web site to defraud prison inmates and their families by preying on their hopes of getting reduced sentences, according to the state Attorney General's Office.

Incidentally, the offender has just been reincarcerated for violating his parole by preying on a young boy, but, fortunately, not in our neighborhood.

Show bred Springers are still lively, active dogs but they tend to be a little less driven by their prey drive and a little more focussed on their owners.