Sentences with phrase «fast by preying»
Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now thought to be aided by the production of toxins.
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Predatory cone snails such as this Textile Cone may move slowly, but their venom acts fast, paralyzing prey by interrupting nerve transmission to the muscles.
«The time spent in the initial and second phase differs according to prey species, with some species such as ostriches, hares and steenbok attempting to escape by executing sudden changes in direction, whilst other species such as wildebeest, gemsbok and springbok attempt to run fast in a more or less straight line.
They've made up for it by producing a vast array of fast - acting toxins that target the nervous systems of prey.
The finding suggests that the cone snail insulin, produced by the snails to stun their prey, could begin working in as few as five minutes, compared with 15 minutes for the fastest - acting insulin currently available.
In the ingenious suspense contraption A Quiet Place, Earth has been overrun by blind beasties from above: a species of fast, spindly, vaguely reptilian monsters who can't see their prey but can sure as hell hear it, pouncing with scary velocity at any sound louder than a handclap.
Cloaking faster than a Klingon bird of prey, protectionism was suddenly covered by the mantle of membership.