Sentences with phrase «large prey»

Very large prey requires the cooperation of the pack.

By going after larger prey, not only do you get more food per kill, but you face less competition from predators who find these prey more of a challenge than you do.

It may be that these creatures teamed up more often before humans arrived, when large prey was more common.

It was an ecological arms race of size and complexity: Bigger predators have an advantage in catching prey, while larger prey can more easily avoid being eaten.

That's way more than you need to take down large prey as a skilled hunter.

Without knowing what early seals ate, though, it's hard to say for sure whether they actively used their claws to hold onto large prey, he says.

In order to examine parasite infections also in the wolf's large prey species, the team collected internal organs of shot prey animals from hunting parties.

He thinks the back teeth were used for cutting large prey.

A fossil skull belonging to a whale that could both filter feed and catch large prey reveals the first step in this process.

It is thought that this is because the cats killed relatively larger prey and may have done so alone, rather than as part of a group.

Originally from the island of the same name, the Shikoku Inu was formerly used to hunt large prey such as wild boar or deer.

«That's enough to answer broader questions on how these cats use space, and how frequently they take down large prey such as ibex.

In the wild, these four - legged carnivores wander in solitude across islands in Indonesia, consuming large prey like deer and water buffalo.

I like the idea of velociraptors taking down much larger prey by working together because it is just cool to think that is the way it was, but that doesn't mean it is correct.

That's a lot of power for a low price, but can this Predator stalk larger prey?

He has strong jaws, which allow him to retrieve large prey from water.

Besides, they will only get eaten out in the wild by larger prey and they cling to humans.

It is a common misconception that snakes actually dislocate their lower jaw to consume large prey.

It's possible that squid clutching large prey items — such as their kin — are less able to swim away from the vehicle, meaning that they'd be counted more often than squid eating lighter meals, he says.

Using their sandpaper skin as a food processor could help baby sharks tackle large prey such as crustaceans, the researchers suggest in a report published online 20 March in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

But a study from John Benson and colleagues provides evidence that the eastern coyote hunts moose and other large prey far less frequently than does the eastern wolf — instead preferring to attack smaller game or scavenge human leftovers.

Also, dolphins have long been the unwitting victims of fishermen targeting large prey, such as tuna.

It has strong jaws, which allow it to retrieve large prey from water.

Oliver attributed most of those differences to Southern heat: To avoid it, scapularis nymphs hide out under leaf litter, biting lizards and small mammals instead of questing for larger prey on tall grass or brush.

«Because Shuvuuia was able to open its mouth wider, it could eat larger prey,» Chiappe says.

«But the smaller size of coyotes appears to give them dietary flexibility to survive on a wider variety of food and prey sizes, making them less predictable predators of large prey.

This meant that Israel was a buffer state between them, whose possession was eagerly sought by strong neighbors as a step toward larger prey.

Whereas adult great white sharks and other predators can rely on sharp teeth and powerful jaws to help dismantle large prey, juveniles may not pack enough bite to pull apart victims too big to swallow whole.

Yet the buffet - style menu of the eastern coyote means that its numbers can remain steady or even rise without large prey if alternative food is abundant.

A painful abscess at the root of one of his canines would have made normal hunting — grabbing and suffocating large prey — impossible, DeSantis says.

Instead, Cundall thinks that skin creases in their lower jaw, which expand when the snakes swallow large prey, help them drink.

It begins eating fish from the age of six months or so, sometimes grabbing large prey and rubbing it on the ocean floor or smacking it on the water's surface to break it into bite - size bits.

Scientists found that culling older, larger prey fish can lead to more small fish for predators to dine on, even though the overall number of prey decline

By bringing its tail around toward its head, an electric eel can double the strength of the electric pulse it sends out into the water, allowing it to demobilize larger prey items, the study found.

Humpback whales commonly feed on large prey shoals by accelerating to high speeds and «lunging» at their prey, engulfing a large volume of water and filtering out the prey through their filter feeders.

Snakes of this size are capable of ingesting large prey like deer and alligators.

Archaeologists have long debated when early humans began hurling stone - tipped spears and darts at large prey.

Only when the Ice Age ended 12,000 to 13,000 years ago and mammoths and other large prey vanished, archaeologists theorized, did humans systematically take up seashore living — eating shellfish, devising fishing gear, and venturing offshore in small boats.

Even though no footage shows the squid actually catching a meal, the squirming tentacle tips could attract prey in several ways, the researchers suggest today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Motions of the clubbed tips could stimulate bioluminescence in microorganisms or small creatures swimming nearby, which could in turn entice larger prey suitable for the squid.

The fact that Neanderthals — typically associated with hunting large prey over short distances in woodland settings — were seemingly unable to catch and kill such creatures is compounded by rapid changes in the environment.

By contrast, saber - toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis), a species without close modern descendants, are thought to have ambushed large prey using powerful back and forelimb muscles to pull down and position the animals for killing bites.

When working with a pack, individual canines may run large prey in relays until it gives up or may herd it into the waiting jaws of compatriots.

Larger prey requires a different technique, but are rarely hunted by domestic dogs.

The original APBT was genetically engineered to take down large prey hence the strong prey drive which is also found in hounds.