Sentences with phrase «by predators»

In animals this reaction is considered an evolutionary adaptive defense to an attack by a predator when other forms of defense are not possible.

It's hard to be eaten by a predator if you can't be seen.

It is threatened by predators introduced to its breeding colonies and by oil spills.

Are the cats really only killing prey with existing illness or injury who might have died or been killed by another predator anyway?

It is believed that, given the high number of captures by predators, the chances of individual survival are greater.

Due to open variables such as growth rate and maximum age, the impact of accidental fishing, commercial fishing and death by predators or pollution is yet to be fully discovered.

In the wild, birds would be picked out by predators if they showed any signs of illness or being different.

It's a self defense method of playing dead, used sometimes when caught by a predator.

Indigenous women and girls with disabilities are targeted by predators at a greater rate yet there is a gap in research.

Recently, it has been argued that the population crashes are driven by predators.

Many marine organisms can detect vibrations like ones produced by predators.

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

Such fossils are exceedingly rare, partly because a child's remains are smaller and more likely to have been scattered by predators.

Animals can match their background to avoid detection by predators.

The grain crops similar to all other living things produce toxins naturally in order to protect themselves from being eaten away by predators.

Designed above all else to make us survive, the brain's radar is very sensitive to any perceived danger, even if that danger is rejection rather than ingestion by a predator!

This is why they seek out places where they will not be found, not disturbed by a predator, so they can be tranquil.

If the puppies become vocal and distressed, the danger of attack by a predator increases.

In the wild, a sick or injured cat is viewed as weak or vulnerable by predators; therefore, hiding these symptoms is simply a method of survival.

Your rabbit can be attached by a predator, even if in an enclosed cage.

How many people are actually affected by predators of any kind using online pictures?

Because they weren't challenged by predators; none existed in their world.

But this is delayed in animals that feel threatened by predators.

Often the kittens, whose mother may have been killed by a predator or hit by a car, are close to death because of dehydration.

Few modern kids have to worry about getting attacked by predators.

• They are also very small prey animals and any handling in the wild would be due to being captured by a predator.

Because of their small size they might be perceived as prey by predators such as eagles.

A sense of sheer joy is coupled with the ever - present danger posed by predators in a less - colourful, but no less spectacular, image of spirited gelada baboons as the sun sets on the Ethiopian Highlands [Additional file 3].

Subjects inside an fMRI scanner were asked to play a Pacman - like game in which they were chased by a predator.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure opens in U.S. theaters on January 12, 2018; followed by The Predator on February 9, 2018; and Alita: Battle Angel on July 20, 2018.

Eve Sherman is twice the age of Josh, and while the story accurately chronicles the way children are often groomed by their predators for sexual activities, the descriptions of what goes on between the two of them are sometimes so graphic that they border on soft porn: «She dropped to her knees and unbuckled my belt, then skinned down my pants, and underpants.

Each device will have an onboard computer (similar to the kind used by a Predator drone) that will detect small changes in the wind and automatically adjust to them.

This sort of manipulative language is often used by predators and we do not want to teach our children to obey manipulation tactics.

«The animals emit a remarkably effective dim glow from their bellies that exactly matches the intensity and color of sunlight penetrating from the surface,» Widder explains, «so they aren't easily seen by predators swimming below them.»

Besides the fact that life in a cage or hutch is boring, depressing and stressful, bunnies can literally be frightened to death when approached by predators, such as raccoons, hawks, coyotes, owls, cats and dogs.

Successful capture of prey by predators was the same regardless of whether the pairs had been exposed to ambient control conditions, the addition of either playback of boat noise, elevated CO2 (925 µatm) or both stressors simultaneously.

Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, towards a promised land and a more perfect society.

This virtually silent murder takes away a lot of the shock factor of a good jump scare, and lacks the prowling sinister grace of being murdered by a predator on the prowl like in Alien: Isolation.

The same advertisers (including Geogetown U) that pulled from Limbaugh's show have been direct sponsors of adult content being shared with children by predators online in the millions for over seven years on Flickr.

In fact, there is some evidence to back up his idea: At least one sauropod fossil displays an injury suggesting that it was attacked by a predator while crouched in a squatting position.

Also, the rocks must be piled deep enough to form crevices that protect eggs from being washed downstream or consumed by predator fish.

Megafaunal extinctions have had enduring effects, simplifying ecosystems and eliminating large predators such as the dire wolf and saber - toothed tiger, large herbivores such as elephants and giant sloths, and the suite of large scavengers supported by these predator prey interactions.

Therefore, herbivores unchecked by predators would have a great influence on vegetation.

They could also be harmed by predators like coyotes if left outdoors.

You will constantly run into enemy patrols or be harassed by predators.

Researchers showed that if the ant - mimicking spiders were attacked, they'd be exposed as frauds and eaten by predators with a taste for spiders.

«Since there is no photosynthesis during the polar night, carbon is only moved into the deep by predators feeding on prey.»