Sentences with phrase «defending territory»

And even the king can't just cruise along — when everyone else's full energy is directed toward taking you down, you won't last long if you aren't constantly defending your territory.

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These dogs aren't necessarily defending the flock, in a traditional protection sense, it's more defending the territory from strangers or otherwise attacking the cause of a kerfuffle.

Intact dogs tend to wander from home, seeking a mate or defending their territory.

They can be good with cats if brought up with them, but fiercely effective in defending their territory from stray dogs and cats.

Dogs» wild relatives spend most of their waking hours scavenging and hunting for food, caring for offspring, defending territory and playing with each... → Read More: Is your Pooch getting enough exercise?

Because defending territory is such a high priority to them, many dogs are highly motivated to bark when they detect the approach of unknown people or animals near familiar places, like their homes and yards.

This is particularly so for male cats as an unaltered male will often receive injuries defending his territory.

Intact cats tend to wander from home, seeking a mate or defending their territory.

It is a safe haven where it does not need to worry about defending territory.

It is a safe haven where dogs don't have to worry about defending their territory.

Cats are at risk for corneal scratches and irritation from the size and placement of their eyes, coupled with some of their other tendencies, like defending their territory from rival cats.

«What's troubling is how often in these stories the police officer's first reaction is to fire his weapon at the animal... Something's clearly amiss when a police officer can stroll onto the private property of someone who's doing nothing illegal, be confronted by a dog who's merely doing what dogs do — defending his territory — shoot the dog dead, and get nothing but full support from his superiors.

Defending their territory: Dogs will do this quite naturally, and most dog owners usually tolerate this type of barking.

Dogs bark for many reasons: when they are having fun, when greeting you, when alarmed, when frustrated, when defending their territory, and when they hear other dogs barking.

The other three playable characters will hang around there, defending your territory while you are out doing whatever the game asks you to.

Floating can be a successful breeding strategy as bachelor males avoid investing their energy into defending territory and looking after chicks, instead spending time searching for mates.

The songs are either used for attracting mates or defending territory.

«If you smell a solitary male nearby, chances are he's hunting or defending his territory.»

By quickly closing oversized claws while defending their territory, clusters of certain shrimp produce enough noise to interfere with the Navy's sonar.

A juvenile allosaur confronts a crocodile defending its territory during the dry season.

In the interview, Khodorkovsky clearly identified himself as a Russian patriot, holding strong convictions about defending the territory that rightfully belongs to Russia.

Alternatively, they may be defending their territory, usually a toy or food that they want.

What I don't get is the angry defensiveness that is about defending territory.

«Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace,» Obama said.

The Islamic State is executing a global strategy to defend its territory in Iraq and Syria, foster affiliates in other Muslim - majority areas, and encourage and direct terrorist attacks in the wider world.

Not only does this run counter to the results of the latest psychological and pedagogical research, but it can easily be seen to be a reactionary protective formulation; the «gifted» people are quite simply defending their territories.

Badishkanian reported that despite the response, Taco Bell's breakfast menu has not hurt McDonald's breakfast sales and the company will continue to defend its territory.

The Badgers do sometimes come out of their den slowly, but when they do, they defend their territory savagely.

Town certainly weren't disheartened, but Southampton had begun to find gaps with the creativity of Redmond and Tadic within the playmaker roles and the men in navy were scrambling back to defend the territory in an effective manner.

But that in itself means little because Montevideo Convention already accords you the right to defend your territory even if no state or UN recognizes you as independent.

Some observers, including the editorial staff of the Saudi Gazette, have expressed sympathy for Egypt's position, stressing Cairo's need to defend its territory from Islamist militants: «Egypt's curbs on movement through its crossing with the Gaza Strip is a security decision that had to be taken even though it has cut off imports of medicine and aid to the impoverished coastal enclave... Egypt had no other recourse but to seal the tunnels although it is not a decision without physical and political risks.

On the contrary, it is about personal interests and pride, about gaining the upper hand, defending territories, turfs and sustaining egos.

Typically, when an unfamiliar mouse is put into the «home» cage of another mouse, the resident will attack the intruder, reflecting the natural tendency of mice to defend their territory.

It is also the first known case of male and female neighbours teaming up to defend territory in any species, according to lead researcher Richard Milner of the Australian National University in Canberra.

Several studies prove that the songs of songbirds serve mainly to select a partner and defend a territory.

The aggressive elephants are simply defending their territories, apparently.

Snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus are the only marine organisms that are eusocial, that is, reproduction is skewed to the queens, and colonies defend their territories cooperatively.

Animals that live in groups and defend territories, such as wolves and chimps, tend to be more violent.

In the lobster industry, competition between groups of lobstermen gave rise to strongly defended territories and encouraged group members to restrict their harvests.

In particular, they often defend territories in stable breeding pairs as adults but live in more fluid situations as adolescents.

The birds use it to communicate when they want to attract a mate or defend a territory.

Since male birds use songs to defend their territories as well as to attract females, the urban din can cramp their style.

Songs, grunts, roars or cheeps can be used to keep in contact with others, to warn of danger or defend territory, to attract a mate, or to beg for food from a parent.

Tui songbirds sing to defend their territories.

Adult males are the more gregarious sex, forming coalitions with other males to assert rank, defend their territory and hunt as a group.

In hihi birds, floaters tend to be either younger males (around a year old) that are inexperienced at holding a territory or older males (over five years) who lack the energy to defend territory.

In many songbird species, male song serves as an important cue in female mate choice [1,2] and may be used to defend territories from invasion by conspecific males [3].

Plant pathologists Dr Joan Webber, from Forest Research, the research agency of the Forestry Commission, and Professor Clive Brasier found that the defence mechanisms which the Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea) fungus uses to defend its territory could make it more resistant to virus - based control methods.

This male Knysna dwarf chameleon is flaring a display of bright blue scales to defend its territory from other males or attract females.