Sentences with phrase «captures by predators»

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.

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These predators typically eat small fish, crabs and mussels, which they capture by stinging them.