Sentences with phrase «known predator»

To see nature's perhaps best - known predator up close is exhilarating, but at the same time scientifically fascinating because we understand very little about them.

The invasive lionfish is a known predator that is upsetting the balance of our marine eco-system and dangerous to the health of the coral reefs.

[7][8] The only known predator of the Pacific white - sided dolphin is the killer whale.

Fish from dangerous environments were fearful of the smell of both unknown and familiar predators, whereas fish that grew up in safety hid when they smelled a known predator but were curious about new smells.

When scientists from McGill University and the University of Guelph exposed fruit flies to the scent of a praying mantis, a known predator, they found that the risk of extinction increased up to seven fold.

I must warn parents though that if you have very young children (preschoolers especially) the movie does touch on some «Circle of Life» issues... you know predator vs prey!

The beetle has few known predators in Hawaii and the impacts on the agricultural and tourism industries to Hawaii could be devastating if left unmitigated.

«We know the predator was not a killer whale, for example, because the temperatures would be much higher since they are warm - blooded animals.»

However, two known predators of sea lions — great white sharks and salmon sharks — have counter-current heat exchanges in their bodies that make them partially warm - blooded and the tags would have reflected higher temperatures.

Of the 42 known predators of puff adders, 15, including dogs and meerkats, rely primarily on their keen sense of smell to locate their prey.

Killer whales are also the only known predators of great white sharks.

In the final scenes there is no Nicholas Cage, no interpretation, nothing but the sweet comforting image of angelic alien spaceships and an Earth - like planet with two moons (and NO PREDATORS IN SIGHT!)

WRITER BEWARE ® is a great resource for avoiding known predators, but you still need to be proactive by checking references on those you are considering.

Opossums are one of the more commonly know predators of these deer ticks so their presence should be embraced in any ecosystem.

Supervise «free - play» if there are known predators in your area, especially during dawn and dusk when these animals tend to be prowling about.

Not exact matches

«We don't know if the predators are there,» said Juana Melara, a room attendant in Long Beach, Calif..

As a businessman, Pinault is known for his «predator» tactics, which include buying smaller firms for a fraction of the cost when the market crashes.

«The media is no longer predator and prey, which I think should be the relationship, but a remora, attached at the bottom looking for crumbs coming off the shark,» he said.

In fact, she even stood outside the dressing room like a predator ready to pounce, knowing I'd have to come out and look at the dress in the only full - length mirror there was in the boutique.

The two questions with which the report begins are: 1) why did sexual predators gain admission to the priesthood; and 2) why did they remain in the priesthood after their abuse was know to bishops and other leaders?

AIDS is an equal opportunity killer from predator to host no matter what the color, age, race or religion.

I've listened to my sisters grieve over how they never knew how to say no when they were approached by sexual predators, because they didn't know they had the basic human right to do so after being taught things like first - time obedience and assuming the best about those in authority no matter what (because God put them in authority, so they have inside info on God's will).

Ballack knows how to get into Mesuts head, speak highly and have expectations for a huge game, and Mesut will blend in with the background, I think he's a predator, preys on the weak.

Here's what I have in mind and I know that all these are going to add AT LEAST depth to the team: Hernandez (Manure will happily sell), Huntelaar (got at least two good seasons in him and all you have to do is to tell him stay in the area, this guy is a predator), Aubameyang (easy to adapt to Wenger style), Icardi (another predator similar with Inzaghi), Di Santo (he played for Chelsea, Blackburn and Wigan so EPL is something he knows.

Humans no longer have natural predators and have carved themselves a safe, pleasant spot at the top of the food chain.

What, you didn't know that texting destroys our normal hormonal balance (since it is so very similar to fleeing from a predator)?

The reality is that while we know who the predators are in our neighborhoods now because of things like Amber Alert, things like awareness, things like education, the online community, the world wide web, still offers total and complete anonymity.

It's well known that sexual predators manipulate children with threats such as, «No one will believe you,» and, «No one will listen, anyway.»

«If I know there's a sexual predator in my neighborhood and Halloween is coming up, maybe I don't let my kids trick - or - treat on that block,» Lancman said.

«The recent attacks of women in Central Park and Hudson River Park underscore the need to crack down on sexual predators and also underscores the need to help those who have tragically been victimized by these crimes, to help them become the survivors we know that they are,» Quinn said during a press conference at City Hall.

We know this works - not just for protecting kids from the mental and emotional impact of porn, or sexual predators, or the requests of their peers - but even in their broader academic life.

Those predators know the cost of everything but have no appreciation of the value.

«Insurance companies are experts at assessing risk and should have known better than to vouch for bad institutions that harbor sexual predators,» said State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal.

In a year when the Rump is tremendously unpopular in downstate and the Pubs choose to run a champion of child sexual predators for governor you never know what might happen down ballot... right Fact Free Phil?

Scientists think the phenomenon known as unihemispheric sleep allows the animals to spot approaching predators, giving them a few crucial seconds to make their escape.

The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth's body each target a different type of predator.

S. acuminata, which grew up to 40 centimeters long, belonged to a diverse group of predators known as eurypterids, whose oldest known species appeared about 467 million years ago.

The results were similar across continents, showing that as top predators» ranges were cut back and fragmented, they were no longer able to control smaller predators.

«We don't yet know the extent to which ocean acidification could alter these additional predator - prey interactions, but there is clear potential for broader disruption of links within shoreline food webs.»

«I'm interested to know whether the predators only were present and making these drill holes when the bottom waters contained oxygen,» Porter added.

Scientists have long known that cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, shown) and some of their kin stop breathing when threatened by predators, but they supposed that freezing in place merely aided the creature's visual camouflage.

Toadfish are well known for using a strange set of hoots and grunts to attract mates or scare off predators.

The polar bear, also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator within its range.

A snail known as Chilean abalone, which adheres to rocks along wave - swept shores, quickly rights and reattaches itself when it is dislodged, an important skill for avoiding predators.

The predator slips invisibly into homes, quietly stalks its prey and bites before a victim knows what happened.

Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded T.rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators, measuring over 12 metres (40 feet) in length and weighing as much as an elephant.

The Vampyrellid amoebae make a great modern analog, but because vampirelike feeding behavior is known in a number of different unrelated amoebae, it makes it difficult to pin down exactly who the predator was.»

This so - called evolutionary arms race (also known as the Red Queen hypothesis) can be tracked over the eons as each species adapts new strategies to outwit their predators — and / or their own prey — making the dynamic a two - way street.

SPIKES OUT Tiny lake dwellers known as water fleas (Daphnia pulex shown) raise spiky defenses when sensing predators nearby.

Michael Caldwell at Boston University and colleagues wanted to know how they distinguished between predators and false alarms like torrential rain.