Sentences with phrase «consumed by predator»

Also, the rocks must be piled deep enough to form crevices that protect eggs from being washed downstream or consumed by predator fish.

When these tiny marine algae die or are consumed by predators, their biomass sinks to the ocean interior where it becomes food for other types of bacteria.

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Vampire Bats The saliva of these blood - consuming predators contains an anticoagulant, dubbed draculin by the researchers who found it, that can dissolve blood clots.

Jumping spiders, voracious predators that eat pests around the world, can learn to distinguish the color red in their prey, thus allowing them to avoid toxicity in what they consume, according to new research led by a UF / IFAS scientist.

By - products include organ meats and other soft tissues — the parts predators consume first in the wild.

Many steps up the food chain later, predators like tuna receive methylmercury from the fish they consume... it appears the recent mercury enrichment of the sampled Pacific Ocean waters is caused by emissions originating from fallout near the Asian coasts.