It is believed that, given the high number of
captures by predators, the chances of individual survival are greater.
They lack the ability to sting, but if
captured by a predator, or a curious photographer, they tuck in their legs and roll into a ball.
• They are also very small prey animals and any handling in the wild would be due to being
captured by a predator.
During the night, wild hamsters could find food and be active with less concern about being spotted or
captured by a predator.
Not exact matches
He is referring to a famous painting
by Charles Knight that seems to
capture in midaction a fight between two of these creatures, small but terrifying
predators with sicklelike claws.
We investigated spatial imminence of threat
by developing an active avoidance paradigm in which volunteers were pursued through a maze
by a virtual
predator endowed with an ability to chase,
capture, and inflict pain.
A rare microbe that was once thought to be insignificant has turned out to be one of the most abundant single - celled hunters in the ocean, and a team of researchers led
by UBC have
captured the first glimpse of these elusive
predators.
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.
Think about it... If you can train a large
predator, such as a killer whale or a tiger,
by focusing on
capturing and rewarding desired behaviors, there is no reason you can't do the same with your dog.
They are all coursing
predators, which
capture their quarry
by running it down.
Help your feline beat the kitty blahs!The Peek - a-Prize Toy Box
by SmartCat is a unique toy designed to build on your cat's instinct
by partially hiding some of your cat's favorite toys then allows the natural
predator in cats to hunt, attack and
capture the toys.
These
predators typically eat small fish, crabs and mussels, which they
capture by stinging them.