Sentences with phrase «capture prey»

The snakes struck at the fish accurately, suggesting they can capture prey using vision alone.

The video footage revealed that time of day significantly affected the frequency of attacks on prey, as well as the probability of capturing prey.

Natural selection favors predators that are better at capturing prey, prey that have better defenses, and individuals that compete better against other species.

After relating his mission, he reveals some techniques he's uses to capture his prey as well as other skills.

They can capture prey up to ten times their own size!

This material, used for capturing prey, rappelling from high places, and building egg cases and dwellings, is itself fantastically diverse, its makeup varying from species to species.

The glue droplets on a spider web help capture prey but they also contribute to the web's flexibility and strength.

Grace Sutton says: «This study showed little penguins gained no benefit in capturing prey when from hunting in groups, suggesting individuals may forage in groups to improve detection of prey or avoid predation but, once they find prey, it is every penguin for themselves.»

Study leader, Jenny Read, Professor of Vision Science said: «Despite their minute brains, mantises are sophisticated visual hunters which can capture prey with terrifying efficiency.

Although the exact reason why we lack a third eyelid is unknown, it may be related to the fact that humans do not typically capture prey by biting (as would a cat) or by rooting through vegetation (as would a horse).

After capturing its prey, the beast impales its victims on tree branches as a warning to the other humans.

This sticky spit helps the lizards capture prey weighing up to 30 % of each reptile's body weight with solely their tongues.

Alligators most often attempted to capture prey during the night, but the researchers» calculated probability of successful capture was highest in the morning and sequentially lower during day, evening, and night, respectively.

Observing the behaviors of dangerous and cryptic predators like alligators is no easy task, so scientists used animal - borne cameras to monitor alligators capturing prey and their other activities.

Animal - borne camera reveals that alligators may attempt to capture prey most often at night, even though the calculated probability of catching prey is highest in the morning, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on January 15, 2014 by James Nifong from the University of Florida and colleagues from other institutions.

Just as eagles capture prey and bring it to their nests, the trained eagles not only disable the drones but also relocate a safe distance from crowds.

Nephila clavipes spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae) keep track of captured prey counts: Testing for a sense of numerosity in an orb - weaver.

The cats are practicing capturing prey, but they may become overly exuberant with teeth and claws.

Pretend the toy is captured prey struggling to escape.

But, when fully extended, it is generally as long as the lizard itself, and, with its sticky end, it proves to be a very effective hunting tool, allowing this tree dweller to capture prey without jeopardizing its position in the tree.

Batting at the toy allows him to release energy while feeling like he has successfully captured his prey.

Has not been described in Channel Islands slender salamanders, although all Batrachoseps species observed thus far capture prey using a projectile tongue and feed on small invertebrates.

You'll cheer as their armoured skin deteriorates one piece at a time or a tail is severed, plotting feverishly as you determine whether to capture your prey alive or simply bludgeon it to death.

Although the trait is uncommon, it may have proved advantageous to carnivores by enabling them to better capture prey and defend themselves.

Those provisions should include not just enough prey, but the right landscape for capturing that prey, Laundré says.

«The worry is that if you have reduced swimming performance you're going to be less effective at capturing prey, and less effective in avoiding (predators),» said Martin Grosell, a professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

«We think that Fucaia was similar to modern dolphins in capturing its prey using its teeth and perhaps strong suction.

«Despite their minute brains, mantises are sophisticated visual hunters which can capture prey with terrifying efficiency.

That's an entirely new way of capturing prey, the scientists report this month in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. And perhaps fodder for an upcoming superhero movie.

«Some bass exposed to the higher levels of fluoxetine pretty much gave up trying to capture prey by the third or fourth minnow.

It is this glue that allows the chameleon to capture prey weighing up to 30 percent of their own body weight and to drag the heavy prey into their mouths at great speeds.

Studies describe that a similar species, the California slender salamander (B. attenuatus) capture prey using a projectile tongue and feed on small invertebrates, which consist of on earthworms, small slugs, a variety of terrestrial arthropods including sowbugs and millipedes, and insects including collembolans, aphids, caterpillars, small beetles, beetle larvae, and ants.

SPINY SWIMMER An ancient arrow worm (illustrated) had about 50 spines protruding from its face to help it capture prey.

Insect - eating bats use echolocation, a form of sonar, to identify and capture their prey.

According to Buehler, spider webs employ a limited amount of material to capture prey of different sizes.

But living sperm whales have small teeth and typically do not use them to capture prey.

The odd corkscrew neck is actually a twisted thread it uses to capture its prey.

Stoecker says that there has been circumstantial evidence that dinoflagellates use their toxins to capture prey, but notes that Sheng's work is «pretty cool» because of the detailed visualizations and quantitative data.

The toxins produced by some algal blooms may have evolved to give predatory algae an advantage when it comes to capturing their prey, researchers say.

This primitive centipede - like crustacean, which can grow up to an inch, uses venomous fangs to capture prey.

«It's a highly successful fishing strategy, and the only account of a box jellyfish using aggressive mimicry to capture prey,» Mr Courtney said.

The exact function of the third eyelid in cats is not completely known but it is believed to help protect a very large cornea from injury as cats move through tall grass or capture prey.

«The inner ear facilitates the cheetah's remarkable ability to maintain visual and postural stability while running and capturing prey at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour.

The roughly 600 species of carnivorous plants have evolved some ingenious strategies to capture their prey.

The nematocysts consist of a capsule and folded tubule, and use high pressure and acceleration for defense and locomotion and, more importantly, to capture prey.

If their movement is negatively affected, this could hurt their ability to avoid predators and also their ability to capture prey, she said.

How can the creature use these long, unusually nonmuscular projections — which also lack hooks or suckers — to capture prey?

Orb weavers have seven types of silk glands for making webs and egg cases and capturing prey.

Another group, Liphistiidae, consists of 97 species, many of which also build trap - doors to capture prey.

The burrow and trapdoor provides the spiders with shelter and protection as well as a means for capturing prey.