Sentences with phrase «of predators»

The prolific cameras snapped some 2,500 images of the predators in action; photos of the three subjects below.

The images revealed some differences between the two groups: The males grew faster in the supposed presence of predators.

«Beyond the plant and animal difference, these are really different types of predators, and yet they have significant effects on each other,» he says.

By means of complex statistical analysis methods they found that in the investigated bird species maximum longevity is negatively related to the number of predator species occurring within the same geographical area.

Others end up on the street and are constantly in search of food and living in fear of predators.

In contrast, when the scientists switched giant fiber neurons on in the absence of a predator - like stimulus, flies enacted their quick - escape behavior.

Cats in the wild will hide symptoms of illness or injury because they don't want to attract the attention of predators.

These are the worst kind of predators because you never see them.

Some massive outbreaks of destructive insects are controlled because the population of their predators increases (due to an abundant supply of food).

A rabbit makes a shadow puppet of a predator on a large stone wall and cave people run in fear.

Don't put hamsters in water they can die if they get too cold, wild hamsters only swim because of predators.

These scenes are largely dark, both with night and fog, which makes the yellow eyes of predators a shock when they appear.

The group will discuss adaptations and behaviors of predators and prey, as well as what happens when links are broken in a food chain.

There's a lot of predators out in the publishing waters in both the creation and the production of a book.

Need some extra funding to put in the pockets of the predators who run this program?

There are lots of predators out there who are looking to take advantage of unsuspecting individuals.

Don't think your yard is free of predators just because you live in the city and you haven't seen them.

Also, due to threat of predators, they rarely get into deep sleep the way our indoor kitties do.

Just the sight or smell of a predator can cause rabbits so much stress that they can suffer a heart attack and literally die of fear.

As a result they become targets for a whole group of predators — birds, larger fish, sharks, whales and dolphins — all join in the feeding frenzy.

They aren't even particularly important to the diet of most of the predators that eat them.

Be wary of anyone trying to get money from you upfront, because there are plenty of predators looking to take advantage in your time of need.

Your aim is to gradually become less of a prey, and more of a predator.

Many of these predators eat flea eggs as well, which decreases the flea population before the fleas are even born.

In nature, sick animals are rejected from the pack and become victims of predators.

The researchers aren't sure how plastic affects a fish's ability to pick up the scent of predators.

But the death suffered by sheep at the mercy of predators is not exactly pretty.

In the past, it helped us to avoid the threats and dangers of predators out to eat us.

Some scientists now think that a small, perhaps temporary, increase in oxygen suddenly crossed an ecological threshold, enabling the emergence of predators.

The loss of a predator can initiate a cascade, such as in the case of wolves, where their extinction on one mountain can cause a large rise in the number of deer.

They can die of heart attacks from the very approach of a predator — even if the rabbit is not attacked or bitten.

In turn, the clown will eat the remains of any predators that get caught.

It is thus the kinship of species that determines the identity of their predators.

While you're chewing on that irony, consider that for hundreds of millions of years some animals have avoided the teeth of predators by getting down and dirty.

These conscientious, loving mothers then ate the waste products of their babies to keep their den clean and to eliminate the possibility of a predator discovering her vulnerable young.

To me those lines were reminiscent of the patterns in ecosystems of predator - prey - parasite interaction.

There's not enough done with the cosmic space, the inclusion of predator dogs notwithstanding.

Despite all the efforts to make authors aware of predators looking to make money off of them, the best tool is actually knowing how to spot a scam.

In the wild, a dog with puppies is vulnerable to all sorts of predators.

In addition, sleeping in high places provides a cat with a sense of security, since they're safely out of reach of predators.

It is yet enough that he rules his club of predators (child abuse).

I stood there with a few investigators and a handful of predators.

The human biochemical response to pathogens is linked with avoidance and alarm response mechanisms in the face of predators and other perceived dangers or stress.

There may even be, in some cases, predators of predators.

We're afraid of predators or we're afraid that they're going to expose themselves.

And their high risk - taking behavior and competitive strength, coupled with the collapse of predator populations, allowed them to more than double their population.

With four others, the researchers removed ten to twenty percent of the larvae twice a week, in order to simulate the influence of predators.

This study suggests that there may be other ways to deal with the problem — making a plant less attractive to the mothers of the predators, for example.

For parents, know that there are millions of predators out there, so put the right safeguards in effect to protect your family.