Sentences with phrase «left by prey»
German biologist Kirsten Pohlmann of the University of Konstanz and her colleagues thus hypothesized that such fish might be using chemical and hydrodynamic cues in the wakes left by prey to locate their next meal.
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They repeatedly requested the Massachusetts General Court, for example, to establish a constitution so that the people of the commonwealth would not be left «in a state of nature,» by which they meant, with Jonathan Edwards, «Hobbs state of war,» where men «would act as the wild beast of the desert; prey upon and destroy one another, «35 We are not surprised to learn that Alexander Hamilton said, «We may preach till we are tired of the theme the necessity of disinterestedness in republics, without making a single proselyte.»
Their «criminally stupid strategy» of removing central economic distinctions from the table has made them easy prey for their enemies: «[B] y dropping the class language that once distinguished them sharply from Republicans they have left themselves vulnerable to cultural wedge issues like guns and abortion and the rest whose hallucinatory appeal would ordinarily be far overshadowed by material concerns.»
The merman has lifted her up in his arms, Agnes twines about his neck, with her whole soul she trustingly abandons herself to the stronger one; he already stands upon the brink, he leans over the sea, about to plunge into it with his prey — then Agnes looks at him once more, not timidly, not doubtingly, not proud of her good fortune, not intoxicated by pleasure, but with absolute faith in him, with absolute humility, like the lowly flower she conceived herself to be; by this look she entrusts to him with absolute confidence her whole fate — and, behold, the sea roars no more, its voice is mute, nature's passion which is the merman's strength leaves him in the lurch, a dead calm ensues — and still Agnes continues to look at him thus.
Studies show that men predisposed to molest children often prey first on those regularly left unattended by parents.
It is feared this leaves them more vulnerable to being preyed on by paedophiles.»
With the new reconstruction, paleontologists can now analyze the trackways and better determine things such as the sizes, motions, and walking speeds of the dinosaurs that left the footprints — which, in turn, may reveal whether an ancient predator really «chased» its prey along an ancient shoreline or merely ambled by at about the same time.
Using sophisticated three - dimensional laser scanning and digital photograph analyses, sections of the rocks revealed burrows or trails left behind by trilobites and their prey — often worm - like creatures — in ocean sediments.
By estimating the prey's weight and how much the pumas (and any kittens they had) ate, Elbroch and Wittmer could calculate how much meat the cats left behind — either when they got full and moved on or were scared away from the carcass by groups of scavengerBy estimating the prey's weight and how much the pumas (and any kittens they had) ate, Elbroch and Wittmer could calculate how much meat the cats left behind — either when they got full and moved on or were scared away from the carcass by groups of scavengerby groups of scavengers.
Being biased to one side would seem like a serious handicap: A toad that hopped to the left whenever it was startled by a predator, for instance, would be easy prey for an attacker that could anticipate which way it would go; the same holds for any other kind of ingrained behavioral imbalance.
Christina Hendricks (left) plays Cindy, the mother of a rebellious teenage daughter named Kinsey (Bailee Madison) in a family that gets terrorized by a murderous trio in» The Strangers: Prey at Night.»
Apparently, the creepy lapsed Catholic was practically taunting the authorities by leaving clues online, which is where he preys on each of his vulnerable victims.
With some hard hitters back in May led by fighting juggernaut Injustice 2 in addition to RiME and Prey, what on earth is left for June?
Not blaming the breed generically, as the mother left the infant alone with the dogs while she went outside to smoke - that's a dangerous thing to do with many breeds - but I wonder if the intense prey drive described here by many posters might have been a contributing factor.
A poll by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) shows that only about 35 percent of owned cats are kept exclusively indoors, leaving some 47 million owned cats free to prey on wildlife all or part of the time.
For both sexes, foraging leaves them vulnerable to predation by rats, domestic cats, birds of prey, and sometimes even other woodpeckers (the downy is the smallest of its kind in North America).
- really agile monster - can use foam to hinder the movements of its prey - he makes the foam by rubbing a special liquid it secretes against its mane - can use an attack called «Water Breath» - if you get hit by it, you will get a new status ailment - this leaves your entire body covered in foam, which makes you all slippery
«Sleeper hit Prey got a rough start, and by the time they fixed the issues with controller lag everyone had moved on and it was left rotting in the Bargain Bins of everyone's attention.
However, the original title was rebooted for 2017's Prey — but that still doesn't leave players intrigued by what could've been.