Sentences with phrase «likely die of starvation»

Others will be stuck outside and will likely die of starvation, temperature extremes, be hit by cars, infected with lingering, debilitating diseases, stolen by laboratory dealers, used as bait by dogfighters, attacked by other animals, or tortured and / or killed by cruel people.

According to a sign the Kumano Tourism Bureau had placed near the shrine, the man had likely died of starvation, a common way for the lone pilgrim to go.

Not exact matches

A control plot in a study of trees in the Amazon rainforest, where scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found that the tallest trees are likely to die of thirst, rather than starvation, in a drought.

All of these pressures combined mean calves born late in a mother's life may be neglected and likely die from that and starvation, the scientists say.

They didn't have any knowledge of nutrition, they weren't able to eat nutritious, calorie dense food whenever they wanted due to the absence of agriculture, and their immune systems were likely weaker than ours (living together in large numbers placed enormous selective pressure on our early agricultural ancestors to develop strong immune systems, keep in mind that early human civilizations did not have indoor plumbing... so they were sometimes exposed to fecal matter both from fellow humans and from livestock and they didn't have the kinds of disinfectants and anti-biotics we have today,) so for them to have serious health complications makes perfect sense, nature can be very harsh and doesn't care how long its been since your last meal or what your calorie and micro nutrient needs are... a lot of people died at very young ages back then simply because they got sick and didn't have proper medical treatment or due to malnutrition or starvation.

They found the remains of three dogs that had most likely died due to starvation.

Presenting a thin veneer of objectivity, he quotes polar bear researcher Ian Stirling who suggested that Nicklen's photo shows a bear that most likely, but not certainly, died as a result of starvation related to sea ice melt.