Sentences with phrase «by predatory animals»

On par with leopard print the new trend of the season are images of domestic animals, stylized by predatory animals shade.

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The compound might help the animal defend against predatory fish, or it might actually be produced by symbiotic microbes living on the creature's surface.

But this was only because, with the snail smokescreen gone, the female fish seemed to work even harder to keep their offspring alive by driving predatory fish away (Animal Behaviour, doi.org/bw73).

These species facilitate the transfer of energy to higher trophic levels by consuming very small prey and then being eaten by larger, predatory fish and other marine animals.

Those skills come in handy after a failed experiment by a corrupt pharmaceutical firm causes three satellites to crash and unleash a pathogen that greatly enhances the size and predatory instincts of the animals it infects.

Dogs by nature are predatory animals, and all predatory animals share the motivation to chase fleeing objects.

Predatory animals enjoy excitement, so your cat may relish the stimulation caused by a small amount of stress.

Background The ASPCA recognizes that there are dogs who by virtue either of training or lack of training and socialization — especially in combination with a genetic predisposition to be wary of strangers, aggressive toward other dogs and / or predatory toward other animals — may pose serious threats if inadequately supervised and controlled by their guardians.

Cats are predatory animals and your cat is playing by acting out his or her hunting instincts.

Dogs, like other animals that are predatory by nature, have a membrane near the back of their eye that is somewhat like a mirror, called the tapetum lucidum.

Many contentious predatory species, like coyotes and wolves, believed to be most prone to attack livestock and game animals, have been targeted by the Wildlife Service for «selective» elimination (by steel - trap and aerial shooting).