Sentences with phrase «defend against predators»

The horns also help them to defend against predators like mountain lions and bears.

Fourthly, a cat would not be able to defend itself against predators or abusive humans without its claws.

Sea creatures called hagfish squirt out huge amounts of slime, made partly of mucus, to defend against predators.

A close relative of Triceratops, this new dinosaur species had sharp horns on its nose and over its eyes to defend against predators like Tyrannosaurus rex, and an ornate frill behind its head, most likely for sexual display.

«Finally, the minute corals need to defend themselves against predators and competitors to grow and survive into colonies that build coral reefs.

Venom is a complex mixture of proteins and other toxic chemicals produced by animals such as snakes and spiders, either to incapacitate their prey or to defend against predators.

Scorpions have evolved an arsenal of toxic compounds to kill their prey and defend themselves against predators.

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Male nightingales feed the female during incubation, provide food to chicks and defend the nest against predators.

The millipedes that copy Apheloria polychroma use what is called Mullerian mimicry, where different species converge on a shared aposematic (warning signal) to defend themselves against a common predator.

The males on the other hand tend to stay outside the caves and defend the surrounding area against rivals and egg predators.

While stinging is a great way to defend against larger vertebrate predators, the main threats to stingless bees are ants and other bees.

The scent may also repel predators, as most ant species ferociously defend their colonies against intruders.

MEET Diania cactiformis, the «walking cactus», a 520 - million - year - old fossil animal that is helping palaeontologists work out how some critters first strapped on armour to defend themselves against early predators.

Of all dietary pesticides that humans eat, 99.99 % are natural: they are chemicals produced by plants to defend themselves against fungi, insects, and other animal predators.

For the past 25 years, this filmmaker has had front - row seats to baitball feeding frenzies — when small schooling fish swarm together to defend against hungry predators — sleeping sperm whales, and mating right whales.

Owls are equipped to defend against any kind of threat and regularly defend their nests against much larger predators such as wolves and foxes.