Sentences with phrase «other prey»

In 24 traps containing only pups, they found killed mice and other prey items outside the traps, apparently left by the parents for their young.

That being said, we do not know if jackals would still prefer livestock over other prey species such as mice.»

The eel moved in for the kill — but flushed out other prey for the grouper.

Now biomathematicians write computer programs on the costs and benefits of fighting over food or travelling in search of other prey.

The Telegraph reports, «The video cameras weighs [sic] just 33 grams each and are fitted with depth gauges and thermometers, allowing researchers to see exactly what the Adelie penguin sees when it goes out to catch krill and other prey in its native Antarctica.

However, that doesn't stop the occasional encounter.Contrary to popular belief, great whites don't mistake surfers for other prey due to poor eyesight — they have great vision.It actually comes down to their inquisitive nature.Great whites are notoriously curious and will taste test unfamiliar objects, including humans.

«From time to time they would find in the stomachs of the snakes they butchered the same other prey species that the Agta really liked: wild deer, wild pigs, and monkeys,» says Greene.

LIGO is hunting other prey, too.

Humpback whales are known for the complexity of their feeding techniques, which include «trapping» krill and other prey within bubble nets they produce and gulping up to two - thirds their weight in prey - laden water.

This toxin may have evolved in black widows because they are big enough to build webs capable of ensnaring small lizards and other prey with backbones, Garb suggests.

But then Dawkins delivers the scientific punch line: a lucid explanation of the platypus's remarkable ability, embedded in its goofy Donald Duck appendage, to detect the faintest electrical signals generated by muscular twitches of shrimp and other prey buried in the mud.

Bark scorpions «represent a really valuable food resource» in an ecosystem where other prey is scarce, she says.

The macaques use these tools to break open oysters, snails and other prey on the seashore.

Downsides Free services are more likely to be utilized by scam artists and other preying personas.

With road traffic, coyotes and other prey animals, it's simply safer for cats to stay inside.

In general, earlier periods of society valued dogs for their functionality: guarding, hunting, retrieving other prey, herding, etc..

Gone are the doubts that George expressed — first, regarding the impact of cat predation on rodent and other prey populations; second, regarding the relationship between these populations and the raptors that feed on them.

Jerusalem crickets were the most frequent prey, but other prey included grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, caterpillars, earwigs, and ants.

Dr. Berger said his conclusion, that the lack of jackrabbits has pushed predators to seek other prey, still holds.

There's also the fact that squirrels, oppossums and other prey species often carry diseases and parasites.

For reptiles, it often means adding more variety to their meals, whether it's varying their veggies if your reptile is herbivorous (vegetable - eating), or adding different insects or other prey for reptiles that are omnivorous (vegetable and meat eating) and carnivorous (meat - eating).

Beaked whales, which often have dolphinlike snouts rather than blunt muzzles, typically dive hundreds of meters or more to chase squid, fish, and other prey.

However, if, as we showed, the scent is sufficient to continue population decline, then even if the predators move on to other prey, and their scent disappears, this is unimportant for the survival of the population that is at risk whose numbers and reproductive ability have been critically affected by the passing smell of death.»

«It has been something of a mystery why predators are so important in animal extinctions,» says Kyle Elliott, an assistant professor in McGill University's Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences and the first author of a recent study on the subject published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. «As prey populations decline, predators should simply switch to other prey.

According to Gunn, the timing could be related to feeding when the Sun is shining at an acute angle to the water, the fish and other prey are more likely to be silhouetted in the water and easier to spot.

This feat makes it possible for the animals to eat mice, rats and other prey that are larger than the diameter of their own heads.

Her data indicate that killer whales also prey on dolphins, porpoises, seals and other prey.

Bass are only temporarily stranded on land when chased out of the water by a predator, caught in a current and washed onto land, or leaping out of the water to catch a fly or other prey.

Global warming has caused big problems for polar bears, which depend on sea ice for access to the ocean so they can hunt seals and other prey.

This would seem to have given the dogs a decent chance at survival, particularly during a time when there were plenty of wildebeest and other prey to keep them fed.

The overall shape and arrangement of bones in the creature's feet suggests that it was a ground - dweller and may have dug into the soil to forage for grubs or other prey.

The insect - trapping Nepenthes rafflesiana, commonly known as Raffles» pitcher plant, doesn't always capture the ants and other prey that are drawn to it.

Leopard, hyena and other predators» fossils were among the finds, but Steele found little evidence that the nonhuman predators had gnawed on the gazelle and other prey.

Bats, which also first appeared more than 50 million years ago, use it while flying to pinpoint insects and other prey.

Predation risk would now likely be greater for sage - grouse eggs and young, and correspondingly lower for adult sage - grouse and other prey species.

Jack Russells can get overexcited during play - especially with small or young children, whose high voices can remind them of squeaking vermin or other prey.

Be sure to maintain careful supervision over your cat and other pets for the first month or two and that you allow them out in a room together, particularly when one is predator and the other prey.

This would prepare them for any activity, like running after a mouse and other preys.

They are seen to be ferocious against leopards, wolves, or any other prey that attempts to approach their guarded flocks.

Dogs can become infected with roundworms by eating infected lizards, mice, birds and other prey.

«The results,» wrote George, «established a basis for examining the possibility that cat predation may result in depleted winter populations of microtine rodents and other prey of Red - tailed Hawks, Marsh Hawks, and American Kestrels.»

Traditionally used to flush out birds and other prey, the Cocker is now a popular pet.

Although cats miraculously survive in the wild on a diet consisting of birds, rodents and other prey, bones from meat or poultry cooked at home are harmful food for cats.

Dachshund The Dachshund is thought to have been developed in Germany in the 16th century to hunt badger and other prey.

Keep your eyes peeled for native roadrunners dashing among the desert shrubs, looking for lizards and other prey.

Unlike the generalist island fox, barn owls are more specialized predators and do not switch to other prey species when their their primary prey (mice) decline.

One prey item is adapted to high predation pressure and supports the predator population (i.e. pigs), whereas the other prey item (i.e. the island fox) is poorly adapted to predation and declines as a consequence of the predation pressure.

A unique combination of oceanographic features make the waters off the mouth of Big Creek very attractive to herring and other prey species that humpback whales prefer to feed on.

Some birds in Australia use smoldering sticks to spread wildfires and flush out smaller birds, insects, frogs and other prey, according to a recent study published in the Journal of...