Sentences with phrase «potential prey»

It's like a swimming tongue that helps detect the flavor of potential prey from all directions.

For this reason, cats need to take refuge in high places to both stay safe and to watch for potential prey.

Potential prey animals of the wolf feed then on vegetation that was previously contaminated with the parasites.

In the animal kingdom, this is helpful because a potential predator can not see potential prey if it isn't moving.

That also doesn't stop your cat from running off should she become afraid of something or spot potential prey worth chasing.

There is no reason to feed snakes live food, as well as being cruel to the rat or mouse many pet snakes are injured and even killed by an angry potential prey.

Players learn vampire skills / abilities; track citizens as potential prey; and battle other vampires, ghouls, and vampire hunters in frenetic combat.

In another experiment, he counts the neonates» tongue flicks to gauge their interest in the scents of various potential prey items.

** I think I'm being generous here — setting aside, for example, Horn's very small sample size of unowned male cats, his emphasis on these cats (assuming, without the burden of evidence, that they'll «have more widespread impacts on potential prey species and greater likelihood of spreading diseases like toxoplasmosis» [1]-RRB-, and more.

The team modified an existing technique to isolate and then amplify the genetic material of five potential prey species in bat scat: chickens, pigs, dogs, cattle, and humans.

Though it's probably not for the scenery, but rather for the strategic advantage of being able to detect potential prey while taking a rest, and for protection from interference by wolves or humans.»

To prevent potential prey from spotting its shadow on the seafloor, the bobtail squid emits just enough light to match the moonlight shining upon it.

Cats do not like soiled litter boxes because the smell can theoretically attract predators and scare away potential prey.

Orcas are known for throwing themselves onto beaches, sandbars, or ice floes to grab victims, or for smashing into floating ice to knock potential prey into the water.

The new findings improve the understanding of potential prey defense strategies and open the door for potential use of similar osmotic based methods for nanotube production and drug delivery.

Dolphins emit a series of quick, high - frequency sounds — probably by forcing air over tissues in the nasal passage — to find and track potential prey.

For snakes, this genetic competition can be deadly, because ineffective venom can enable potential prey to turn on the snake and kill it.

As they approach potential prey, the snails release a specialized insulin into the water, along with neurotoxins that inhibit sensory circuits, resulting in hypoglycemic, sensory - deprived fish that are easier to engulf with their large, distensible false mouths.

The scientists measured the percentage of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the bones of early humans and the locally present potential prey animals such as saiga antelopes, horses, and deer.

This all started after I read an explanation of why cats go about repeatedly exploring the same areas: it's partly to establish and survey their territory, but they're also practicing «mobile» hunting: moving about, being curious, and poking their noses around in the hopes of upsetting potential prey and finding a meal.

You can't take hunters out of their natural environment and expect them to do well in one where potential prey is nonexistent.

Most of us that have shared a home with cats, have heard those chattering / chirping / clicking sounds that are made most usually when a cat spies potential prey through a closed window.

They have a strong chasing and hunting instinct, and living amongst potential prey could be disastrous.

You urgently need more food to feed yourself because the harsh icy weather has been destroying the single cube worth that is produced by your camp each turn, so you begin exploring the land to uncover potential prey, but that leads to more problems, plus you require wood to craft more weapons in order to successfully battle the creatures of the island.

It is common for them to spend hours in a single spot, waiting for a deer, boar, goat, or other potential prey (Smithsonian National Zoological Park).

Instead, its most strenuous activity is simply walking around in the hot sun, looking for potential prey.

Players learn vampire skills / abilities; track citizens as potential prey; and battle other vampires, ghouls, and vampire hunters in frenetic combat.

The distinctive sound, which is often accompanied by a twitching or puffed up tail, may be caused for one of two reasons: your cat's excitement at seeing potential prey or frustration at not being able to reach it.

Provides plenty of undercarriage warmth and the added height offers a great vantage point on potential prey or any other threats.

When a cat detects potential prey, his predatory sequence of behaviors starts with silent stalking, watching and waiting for the perfect moment to strike (his rear end might wobble from side to side and his tail might twitch).

But these guys get really big, and they live in the Amazon, where there's a huge diversity of potential prey,» said Catania, who added that electric eels could wrestle all kinds of creatures.

The FREEDOM7 also increased the average distance between white sharks and potential preys.

Telescope octopus mantle illustration from 1886; courtesy of William Evans Hoyle / Wikimedia Commons Big eyes can be a big benefit — allowing an animal to see potential prey and predators coming from a wider field.

When the weather cools, cold - blooded animals slow down, which should be good news for their potential prey.

Otherwise, we would not pursue a potential prey or mate glimpsed partially behind bushes or dense fog.

They generally seem to choose prey on the basis of how dangerous it is perceived to be, the general size of the potential prey animal, etc..

«We speculate that detecting these changes in water pressure may alert a python that an animal is approaching, perhaps priming it to strike immediately when a potential prey item is detected.»

Once an alligator reaches adulthood, any animal living in the water or coming to water to drink is potential prey.

To test this hypothesis, the possible contribution of marine fish in the diet of these carnivores was evaluated using carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes in faunal bone collagen, comparing these isotopic signatures between predators and their potential prey.

«There was a diverse aquatic fauna at Shuitangba, including fish, crab, mollusks, turtles and frogs, as well as many different species of water birds, all of which could have been potential prey for S. melilutra.»

Bent ears are better for sweeping the area for potential prey, such as moths, or for predators like owls, while upright ears could zero in on prey when bats dive for an attack.

Certainly possible in Australia where there are large areas of relatively undisturbed forest with plenty of potential prey... there have been consistent sightings in the Blue Mountains area west of Sydney over many decades which suggest that rather than just an isolated zoo escapee or over grown pet there may be a breeding population, which would be a bit of a worry for us bush walkers!

Biologists have proposed a number of ways that this uneasy partnership between predator and potential prey could remain happy for both parties.

Finally, they approach trees where they hear the crashing of monkeys as they jump from branch to branch — the sound of potential prey.

«A mouthful of knife - edged teeth set in powerful jaws would have made short work of potential prey, carving out huge chunks of flesh and bone to swallow hole,» Sertich continued.

Being able to read other species» faces seems like a logical skill, the study authors point out — after all, it would probably pay for a predator to be able to read fear and anger in its potential prey's face.

The big bad at the center of John Krasinski's film, while visually reminiscent of what we've come to recognize as the prototypical alien — with modifications, including a head that seemingly functions like a giant ear — is a species of flesh - eating hellion that happens to be blind, and thus its potential prey can successfully evade capture by being silent at all times.

For a guy that spends weeks — months, even — carefully planning his next move, stalking his potential prey, it's amazing how stupid he is when he's unmasked.

Covered in fine cilia, the legs are sensitive to vibrations and air movement, alerting the vinegaroon to potential prey or dangers.