Sentences with phrase «generated by its prey»
THE mysterious moustache of an aquatic snake may help it «see» in murky waters by detecting subtle currents generated by its prey.
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Originally, Cajuns merely exterminated these slugs as pests who preyed on spotted owls.This was done by ringing trees where the spotted owls roosted with Alka - Selzters, and when the slugs raced across the tablets, the carbon - dioxide gas generated by the interaction of the slime and the Alka - Seltzer would gas them to death.
Of course, the current received by any small prey is also only a small portion of the total current generated by the eel.
But then Dawkins delivers the scientific punch line: a lucid explanation of the platypus's remarkable ability, embedded in its goofy Donald Duck appendage, to detect the faintest electrical signals generated by muscular twitches of shrimp and other prey buried in the mud.