Sentences with phrase «large predators hunted»

«We now demonstrate that already in the Early Triassic large predators hunted in the seas,» adds Carlo Romano.

The barrier reef in Belize is the second largest in the world, and features shallow coral gardens, steep drop offs where large predators hunt, caves and chimneys, and the world - famous Blue Hole.

Not exact matches

«For millions of years, humans hunted smaller creatures and gathered what they could, all the while being hunted by larger predators.

Teams of marine scientists are towing nets to scoop up plankton, tagging large predators to track their migrations, sequencing the DNA in seawater to hunt for microbes, and trawling the seafloor for bottom dwellers.

In general, hyenas are large, strong, flesh - eating animals that hunt a wide range of prey but mostly feed on carrion (the kills of other predators).

Sharks and other large predators make predictable hunting trips into the shallows during this time.

Even in the absence of targeted hunting, large predators may not survive competition with humans as their prey base is depleted by hunting [17,50,51].

The fishes» oxygen release system became even more efficient over the ensuing 150 - 270 million years, when it was necessary to deliver large amounts to organs such as the eye — which requires very large O2 loads to function well and avoid vision cell death — and which was essential to seeing clearly under water, to hunt or avoid predators.

These dogs were renowned for their prominent roles as excellent hunters capable of hunting down large predators such as seals and bears.

Wolves have larger paws and their legs are longer so they can run much faster than dogs, an asset for animals that need to hunt down their food and / or escape predators.

They hunt animals smaller than themselves to eat but are lunch for larger predators in the wild.

We argue that the behavioural capacity of feral cats to undertake long - distance excursions to exploit transient hunting opportunities results in significantly higher total predator pressure on prey, and helps to explain how low - density cat populations could have large impacts on small - mammal abundance at landscape scales.

Further, the most noteworthy mainland and large - island extinction since cats arrived in Australia with the first European settlers in the early 19th century, was that of the Tasmanian tiger, an occasional feral cat predator, albeit also a rival to feral cats in hunting small prey.

Cabela's African Adventure (PS4 / XB1): With vast hunting areas 5x the size of any other Cabela's game, take on large heard of stampeding buffalo, packs of predators, and explore the wilderness of Africa on foot or by vehicle, as you attempt to take down the «Big 5» across various biomes.

I however have no objection to any hunter hunting any large ungulate or predator in the 48 states or Alaska, as long as they limit themselves to a hunting knife, even a big hunting knife like a Bowie knife, to create a more level playing field.

With huge metabolic demands — and large populations before humans started hunting them — great whales are the ocean's ecosystem engineers: they eat many fish and invertebrates, are themselves prey to other predators like killer whales, and distribute nutrients through the water.

The strength of passenger pigeons was flying in these large packs, intimidating predators and making it hard for them to hunt.