Sentences with phrase «other animal predators»

It seems plausible, then, that when pitted against other animal predators, the white tiger's size could have been enough of an advantage to outweigh their lack of camouflage.

Of all dietary pesticides that humans eat, 99.99 % are natural: they are chemicals produced by plants to defend themselves against fungi, insects, and other animal predators.

Not exact matches

Just like sexual predators, people that lack empathy for the pain of other people and animals are sick.

Says Glen Sutton, who spent over four decades working as a predator trapper for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, embracing some of its methods but disdaining others, «I'm afraid a lot of these animals are going to be extinct soon.

A predator is an animal that eats other animals.

The annual Bob Evans Memorial Predator Calling Hunt, which last year raised the hackles of an animal rights group and others, was cancelled earlier this month due to lack of entries by the event's registration deadline.

Since then, Kadouri and others have looked at the predator's ability to devour dangerous pathogens in animals.

To figure out the purpose of these patterns, Tim Caro, a biologist at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues collected photographs of 164 terrestrial predators from six families of predators — canids, felids, ursids (bears), mustelids (which include weasels, otters, and badgers), viverrids (which include civets, binturongs, and other catlike animals), and herpestids (mongooses and meerkats).

Many of these animals are fierce predators that sit atop the food web, but Laidre's team found that they are also important subsistence resources: Arctic people hunt nearly 80 % of the studied populations for food and other uses.

In the wild, it serves as a protective mechanism, allowing animals to avoid predators or other perceived threats.

Venom is a complex mixture of proteins and other toxic chemicals produced by animals such as snakes and spiders, either to incapacitate their prey or to defend against predators.

Ants are also, according to biologist Edward O. Wilson, the premier turners of soil in the world, the chief predators of other insects, and the principal scavengers of small dead animals — all activities that ultimately benefit humans.

Key to the procedure, he said, was to protect the animals from predators at night while continuing to move the herd during the day, as if they were being followed by lions and other stalkers.

Other researchers, however, including PennVet's Serpell, doubt human hunter - gatherers would have tolerated large predators near their camps — or that the resource - frugal humans would have left behind enough potential food to sustain a wolf - sized animal.

Some animals and insects wear their costumes all year round, masquerading as plants, leaves, and even other creatures to better evade predators — and to hunt their own prey.

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).

Other adaptations help animals move better in their environments, blend in with their surroundings so they don't get eaten by predators or successfully hunt for their dinner.

«Throughout the world, numbers of grey foxes, fishers and other midsized predators are actually increasing, and usually that happens because the bigger animals that are limiting them are decreasing.

Observing the behaviors of dangerous and cryptic predators like alligators is no easy task, so scientists used animal - borne cameras to monitor alligators capturing prey and their other activities.

Finds such as the newly discovered Birgeria species and the fossils of other vertebrates now show that so - called apex predators (animals at the very top of the food chain) already lived early after the mass extinction.

Now a study in the journal Science shows the impact of this wholesale elimination of large predators and other animals at the top of local food chains.

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

Reasons for the jailhouse pattern include confusing predators, being camouflaged in grasslands, and allowing the animals to pick each other out in large herds.

Not only do we kill other animals at much higher rates than other predators, but our ability to bring down larger adults can make it very difficult for some prey populations to recover.

A second explanation for this behavior is that babies» expectations about animals and their insides are tied to the cognitive systems humans evolved to deal with predators and prey — in other words, to deal with animals as a food source.

Without a long record, Woith said, researchers can not be sure that their observations relate to an earthquake and not some other kind of environmental change or long - term fluctuation in the health of an animal population or its predators.

The cats — and other predators such as wolves — are increasingly forced to predate on domestic animals instead.

Carbon - 14 moves up the food chain as animals eat plants and as predators eat other animals..

Sako huddled close to Joseph to keep him warm through the 40 - hour wait for a rescue team to locate them, dragging him to a creek for water, and even fended off predators, chasing off coyotes and other animals looming in the Canadian woods to ensure Joseph would not be attacked.

Many predator animals guard their food, even from others in their group / pack.

Other animals, such as cats (house cats, cougar, lynx, bobcat), wolves, coyotes, foxes, and bear would be viewed as unwelcome predators (most likely to kill pups and eat them).

All of them are constructed to protect the rabbits or other small animals from predators, inclement weather and extreme temperatures.

Animals in the wild, as well as domestic dogs, protect territory from competitors of their own species, and from predators of other species.

This is a defense mechanism, making them look more threatening to predators and other animals.

When outdoors, cats face the risks of being exposed to infections from other animals, getting into fights, being attacked by predators, or being run over by vehicles.

However, cats are also a threat to other animals, as cats are both predator and prey.

Cats, rats, foxes and other mammal predators have been implicated in 60 % of the world's animals extinctions.

On the other hand guard dogs assume a proprietary interest in the animals, living with the herd all the time.For many years predator control has been a major problem for the American livestock industry.

If you do build an enclosure for your cat, make sure that you choose a strong wire mesh which can keep predators and other animals away from your cats.

Additionally, the natural response of parent birds to the appearance of predators — alarm - calling and nest - defense — dramatically increases bird nest predation by other animals who've been alerted to the nest.

A whole bunch are failed «livestock guardians» — donkeys brought to then expelled from farms, thanks to what Clark says is a persistent myth that they will keep other animals safe from predators.

Cats instinctively groom themselves to banish any odors that may be noticed by other animals, especially predators.

Eating the feces of other animals was another means the wild dog had for deceiving predators.

Outdoor cats are favorite prey for coyotes and other predators, and are exposed to deadly viruses and bacterial infections from contact with other cats and other animals.

Relocation also gives the animal a slim chance of survival against the other animals who already have established territories, who know where to find food, and where to hide from predators.

He observed instances of prey and predator animals bonding at zoos and other environments.

Mother rabbits, deer and other animals often leave the nest during the day to feed and to keep from attracting potential predators.

Community cat issues are complex and varied, impacted by geography, climate, the presence of other animals including predators, past and current community cat programming, cultural norms and numerous other factors.

Outside, your cat is subjected to predators, illness, poisons, attack by other cats looking to protect territory, being hit by cars and being attacked by humans who don't like animals.

Look for symbioses, predator / prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life.