Sentences with phrase «by prey abun»

The installation is an independent experiment designed and realized by Prey Workshop at UNIBZ, the Free University of Bozen - Bolzano.

What about the suffering endured by the prey of cats?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

«The predators that are sensitive to the toxins produced by the prey can quickly learn to avoid the prey.

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.

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.

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.

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

The only mammal with electroreception, it uses sensors in its bill to detect electrical impulses sent out by prey in murky water.

The promoter uses that common bond to raise money by preying on their common trust of the group and its members, thus betraying the trust of an entire group of people.

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.»

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?

Cat Wars has a broader, more ecological focus, documenting the global impact of cats on wildlife, both by preying on animals and by transmitting diseases.

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.

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.

But, by preying on a variety of reef fish species, lionfish are reducing the number of fish that clean algae off coral reefs, she said.

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.

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

«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.

Fox News brings out the worst in people by preying on their fears and prejudices, bolstering people's preexisting stereotypes, and espousing and encouraging racist, homophobic, islamophobic, misogynistic, and ignorant behavior.

There are many pseudo-gatekeepers in the self - publishing world who make their money by preying on an author's insecurities.

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.

Many of those shouting the loudest are companies looking to make money in publishing the same way it's been made for decades: by preying on the dreams of aspiring authors and charging them for questionable editing, marketing, printing, or distribution services.

In addition, the eggs may be eaten by another animal («intermediate host») such as a small rodent (for example a mouse or rat), and a cat can be infected by preying on (eating) the infected intermediate host.

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.

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.

No one sensible is suggesting LOD causes climate -LRB-... but that IS the favorite pretend - misunderstanding we repeatedly see engineered by those preying on the naive).

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

I am also well aware that by preying on people's embarrassment and naiveté you will unfortunately be able to pry some money out of the pockets of some of the humiliated parents.

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.

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

These companies make money by portraying themselves as «official» submission services, and by preying on people who don't understand how search engines work.

Not exact matches

On Twitter, accounts that presented themselves as Bitconnect customer support but appeared to have been set up only after the service shut down, such as @BitconnectStaff and @BitConnectExch, seemed to prey on users desperate to get their money off the platform by suggesting they send all their cryptocurrency to a separate digital wallet address.

Or, maybe worse, they fall prey to acting as a conduit for some type of organized crime ring looking to make big money by selling or manipulating stolen personal data.

London - based Diageo, represented by Robert Raskopf of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, maintains that the Club is misusing an «obscure and draconian procedural mechanism» which was originally intended to target only fraudsters who «prey on unsuspecting persons by masquerading as charitable organizations.»

Schroll recommends that you encrypt your drives, leverage cloud backups, enclose any hardware ports exposed to the public, have old hardware disposed by professionals and use theft recovery software, such as Prey Project, on business devices.

The CFPB currently has authority to root our devious and deceptive practices by fly - by - night operations (and others) preying upon average consumers.

Don't fall prey to analysis by paralysis.

Here, it is also worth noting that a Bengaluru - based startup Fedo works by harnessing AI to assign healtchare scores to determine the likelihood of people falling prey to lifestyle disorders.

The difference was environmental; the populations living below waterfalls were preyed on by pike chiclids, and had adapted by taking on a camouflaged appearance.