Sentences with phrase «by predators like»

Since this is a G - rated film, there are no close - ups of prey animals being torn to ribbons by predators like the snow leopard, but you do see some shots of the large animals feeding on carcasses, having chased down the slower members of the unfortunate prey.

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It also defended the proposal as a way to «assure that sexual predators, like those who exploit the internet, will not be able to freely enter women's restrooms, locker rooms or showers, and that businesses are not forced by local ordinances to allow men in women's restrooms and locker rooms».

Banking has moved so far away from funding industrial growth and economic development that it now benefits primarily at the economy's expense in a predator - like extractive manner, not by making productive loans.

I do eblieve Moses was a hypocrite and an true Joo who took advantage of the opportunity of making a feather bed for himself by taking things he learned from the Egyptian book of the dead and preaching them to his Jooish buddies like a tru Joo his istinct of being a predator came out.

This theory is so resilient because it can always turn a gaze unclouded by memory or imagination on the least favored group in any moment or circumstance, like the Darwinian predator fixing its eye on the gazelle with the sprained leg, perfectly indifferent to the fact that another gazelle was lame two days ago, yet another will be lame tomorrow.

I've listened to my sisters grieve over how they never knew how to say no when they were approached by sexual predators, because they didn't know they had the basic human right to do so after being taught things like first - time obedience and assuming the best about those in authority no matter what (because God put them in authority, so they have inside info on God's will).

In between these events, we managed to do touristy things like buy superb Aboriginal art in shops at The Rocks, stroll through the enormous — and beautiful — Botanical Gardens, visit the Taronga Zoo, tour the famous Sydney Opera House, and shudder when totally surrounded by those Great Barrier Reef predators in the shark tunnel at the aquarium.

The initial header from Nababkin was parried by Petr Cech but like many times in his Arsenal, Skhodran Mustafi lacked presence of mind as Chalov prowled on the loose ball like a predator and wasn't going to miss from that distance.

«The frequency of one predator eating the other is really about size dynamic,» Nifong said «If a small shark swims by an alligator and the alligator feels like it can take the shark down, it will, but we also reviewed some old stories about larger sharks eating smaller alligators.»

This suggests the lemmings» huge outbreaks are largely driven by their winter behaviour, rather than external factors like food supply or predators, which should have had a similar impact on vole populations.

Gatenby calls this strategy an evolutionary double bind, and he explains it like this: imagine trying to control a population of rats by introducing predators, such as hawks, that can pick them off from the sky.

Quail eggs on different colored backgrounds; image courtesy of Lovell et al. / Current Biology A quail egg is like a protein - filled, free lunch, waiting on the ground to be spotted — and devoured — by a predator.

The study is one of the first to test if the «landscape of fear» model, a scientific theory that has been used to explain how animals move and interact with the environment based on their fear of being attacked by their predators, is applicable to large open marine systems involving wide - ranging species, like sharks and turtles.

To simulate injury — like that caused by a predator in the wild — the team performed amputations on anesthetized ephyra, producing animals with two, three, four, five, six, or seven arms, rather than the usual eight.

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

By opting for anchovies and their ilk, say, rather than species like swordfish, Christensen says, consumers could take some pressure off of the declining top predators.

For mussels, that can mean thinner shells, making them more vulnerable to predators like the dogwhelk, a marine snail that attacks mussels by drilling through their shells.

When Rayfield looked at its jaw muscles, she found «the bite of Allosaurus is by no means pathetic, but by no means as big as modern predators like lions.»

When pursued by a tarantula or other predator, the pebble toad rolls into a ball and hurls itself downhill, bouncing and rolling like a loose stone.

Instead, blenny venom causes the victim's blood pressure to plunge by almost 40 % for a short time, which in the wild might slow down a would - be predator (like grouper fish) long enough for the tiny blenny to escape.

When scientists setup an artificial ecosystem in the lab, complete with ladybugs, parasites, and lacewings, insects that like to make a meal of wasp cocoons, they found that when the cocoons were between the legs of a living ladybug, only 35 % were killed by predators, compared with 85 % if the cocoon was attached to a dead ladybug, and nearly 100 % if it was free from any ladybug.

«Disastrous events like this oil spill can easily tip the scale,» Mansur says, especially by threatening top predators such as the Sundarbans tigers, crocodiles, and dolphins.

Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas — and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too.

Neomorphus ground - cuckoos in Central and South America seem to mimic the sounds made by the pig - like peccaries they live alongside, perhaps to ward off predators.

Oddly though, when threatened by a predator such as an amphibian - collecting academic — and presumably more common antagonists like snakes — the frog urinates, jettisoning its valuable water supply before springing away.

Civilian drones will be easier to hack because most will lack the encrypted GPS carried by military drones, like the Predator shown here.

Being biased to one side would seem like a serious handicap: A toad that hopped to the left whenever it was startled by a predator, for instance, would be easy prey for an attacker that could anticipate which way it would go; the same holds for any other kind of ingrained behavioral imbalance.

It appears that these tiny little worms have a fear - like response that's very similar to human anxiety when exposed to chemicals given off by its natural predator.

Part of the problem is that the kinds of native animals that are most likely to be affected by toads are big predators, like quolls (marsupial carnivores), large snakes, and goannas.

The researchers found that by exposing C. elegans to chemicals that are excreted by their predator, they could elicit a fear - like response by rapidly reversing their direction and crawling away.

Vibrations, push notifications and other computer and phone alerts compel us to look at them by activating the same brain neural pathways that once warned us of impending danger, like an attack by some large predator.

The goal of this weapon is to disrupt protein digestion, causing the predators of pumpkins like deer and rabbits to weaken and get eaten by their own predators.

Little value, The 4 maps have no flow, just utter chaos, the ripper is by my means Op, having a AR and a SMG at the same time.I also dislike them bringing a iconic character like the predator and putting it into a game that in no way deserves it

Led by Logan's Boyd Holbrook and featuring a diverse cast with the likes of Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay and Keegan - Michael Key, The Predator will arrive this year, on the 3rd August.

The unprecedented move was meant to further the conversation about sexual harassment in Hollywood following the #MeToo movement, the fall of accused predators like Harvey Weinstein and the Time's Up campaign, which was launched this month by many of the same women at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday.

Whether they're undead, hidden behind a golden mask or even a terrifying plant - like predator, the soldier is always identifiable by their sword and shield.

Judith Briles presents Publishing Predator Author Solutions in Class Action Lawsuit posted at The Book Shepherd, saying, «Cha - king... Cha - king... Cha - king is filtered through the DNA of those who have been seduced by the ever - outreaching octopus like approach of the publishing predators.

Don't enter people's yards without their permission (and especially don't enter a gated property; guard dogs will attack you or you could cause the escape of another dog and compound your problems); don't let yourself get surprised; if you can bring mace, do so; don't enter abandoned buildings alone; don't wear clothes that make you look like you are not part of the neighborhood or rich or otherwise; walk like you know what you are doing otherwise your vulnerable attitude will be picked up by criminal types; don't enter caves or holes without proper procedures, be sure to use assistants, and use proper gear such as ropes and other things that cave explorers or utility workers would use; park your car in a lighted place, remove visible valuables, lock up and take your keys; be wary of sexual approaches — predators will try to engage you in conversations or try to touch you; and trust your gut when it says you need to get out of there.

Tying a dog with a chain or rope is never a good idea because the dog can not escape if threatened by predators, fire, or the like, and tying a dog can make it aggressive.

By «regulating» smaller predators like foxes, raccoons, skunks, badgers, and opossums through competition and direct killing, they have a significant positive impact on rodent control and water fowl / songbird populations.

So we could create a better functioning ecosystem in places like Wilson's Promontory by putting a large predator like the devil back into that system.

Outside, your cat is subjected to predators, illness, poisons, attack by other cats looking to protect territory, being hit by cars and being attacked by humans who don't like animals.

Creating a power fantasy where the player feels like a skilled, deadly predator whilst also being very vulnerable is a tricky task, one ably demonstrated by Rocksteady's Arkham series and Dishonored.

No, you're real goal is to terrorise the crap out of them, to torture them by giving chase, letting them escape, slicing them up, scaring the snot out of them and simply playing with them like a demented predator plays with its food.

«We have listened closely to our fans and have evolved the multiplayer in Crysis 3 by adding a host of new gameplay features including the unique Hunter mode, deadly new weapons like the Predator bow, deeper loadout and unlock options, enhanced upgrade systems and more social features like the New York Feed.

Whether they're undead, hidden behind a golden mask or even a terrifying plant - like predator, the soldier is always identifiable by their sword and shield.

During the days - gone - by era of 16 - bit and arcade gaming, co-op beat - em - up games like Golden Axe, Bad Dudes, Final Fight, X-Men, Aliens vs Predator, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to name just a few, ruled not only the arcade, but the home as well.

By the time games like Predator 2, Toe Jam & Earl and Streets of Rage 2 hit on the Sega Genesis.

The old Contra games heroes and enemy characters were blatantly inspired by movies like Aliens and Predator.

The Blind Wolves, also known as the Morolaath by the Forerunners, are bipedal predators with a theropod - like anatomy, appearing almost like T - Rexes with no arms nor eyes, but with unnervingly large fangs extend from their jaws.