Sentences with phrase «hosted by their prey»

Hunting dogs and cats are particularly at risk of contracting a parasite as they could ingest parasites hosted by their prey.

Not exact matches

Others, such as Sarcocystis parasites, first live in an intermediate host, the prey animal of the wolf, and reach their final host, the wolf, only if the intermediate host has been consumed by the final host.

But in turn, the lizards are hunted by a host of predators, including birds of prey, snakes and carnivorous mice.

His research seeks to understand the forms of coevolutionary selection created by interactions between species - plants and pollinators, hosts and parasites, predators and prey - and the importance of this selection over the evolutionary history of life on Earth.

He punished Justin Long's selfish podcast - hosting protagonist from Tusk — a man who profited from other people's misfortunes and felt no shame about cheating on his girlfriend — by making him the prey of a psychotic old man who took his obsession with walruses to a Dr. Frankenstein - like extreme.

Like Toxocara, Toxascaris can be picked up by wildlife and the canine or feline host can be infected through hunting and consuming prey.

In addition, the eggs may be eaten by another animal («intermediate host») such as a small rodent (for example a mouse or rat), and a cat can be infected by preying on (eating) the infected intermediate host.