Sentences with phrase «predators prey on»

«I expect this to be common because the human predator preys on just about every medium - to - large vertebrate on the planet,» he says.

Very often, I see predators preying on financially illiterate people.

Not exact matches

This may seem like some useless information when an ocean's worth of water is pushing in on them from every side, but sharks use this ability to figure out where other fish, both predators and prey, are.

In an interview on CNN's «Reliable Sources» on Sunday, former Fox News personality Tamara Holder, who settled with Fox News after an executive allegedly tried to force her to perform oral sex on him, said Murdoch and Fox News «allowed abusive predators to prey on women who just wanted to work.»

They don't scare away other predators that prey on geladas — the researchers saw feral dogs kill numerous monkeys during the study.

That did not happen: there is no geological record of a world - wide flood, there is not enough diversity to regenerate the population we currently, there is not enough water to cover the earth to the height of Everest, the logistics of retrieving and returning animals to the then - unknown Americas, Australia, etc. were staggeringly difficult, managing the animals on the Ark was impossible — a few humans keeping predators from their prey, cleaning the waste, etc., pretty much all life on earth would have been killed, etc. etc..

Much of the history of biological life is built on opportunism; and, as evidenced in predator - prey relations, this opportunism is cruel, at least from the point of view of the victims.

Shatter said in a statement through a spokesman last week that priests» failure to report what they learn in confession «that has led sexual predators into believing that they have impunity and facilitated pedophiles preying on children and destroying their lives.»

Otters, being predators, rely on their teeth to capture and masticate their prey.

Ballack knows how to get into Mesuts head, speak highly and have expectations for a huge game, and Mesut will blend in with the background, I think he's a predator, preys on the weak.

On Jan. 26 from 5 - 6 p.m. at Crowder County Park in Apex, learn about predator - prey relationships, the food chain, skulls and teeth of mammals, and play some games to test your senses.

Unfortunately sexual predators will prey on children online because it is an easy way for them to gain the trust of an unsuspecting child.

I must warn parents though that if you have very young children (preschoolers especially) the movie does touch on some «Circle of Life» issues... you know predator vs prey!

Advocates have been targeting Republican senators in their districts, including Amedore, warning constituents of the lack of recourse for victims of childhood abuse, which they say allows predators to continue preying on children.

I wonder if Bill Owens stood behind Boehner when he covered up the fact that Mark Foley, the state State Rep that was in charge of protecting children from Internet predators, was indeed a pedophile that preyed on children over the internet.

«As technology evolves, we must ensure these advances don't become new avenues for dangerous predators to prey on new victims,» Cuomo said.

Putting numbers on the athletic powers of wild predators and prey «enables you to understand the ecosystem» Wilson says.

Based on an analysis of predator - prey interaction, these panels depict three strides of a cheetah (blue) trying to hunt down an impala (red).

When predators attack, blennies on Pacific coral reefs bite back with a venom that makes the attackers so dizzy that they open their mouths to let the prey out

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.»

«Ants stomp, termites tiptoe: Predator detection by a cryptic prey: Learning how termites extract and synthesize a specific sound / vibration signal amidst a cacophony of other sounds could lead to advances in technologies based on acoustic signatures.»

That artistic gap may be due to differences in the way they hunted, suggests a University of California, Davis, expert on predator - prey relations and their impacts on the evolution of behavior.

«But the smaller size of coyotes appears to give them dietary flexibility to survive on a wider variety of food and prey sizes, making them less predictable predators of large prey.

Whereas adult great white sharks and other predators can rely on sharp teeth and powerful jaws to help dismantle large prey, juveniles may not pack enough bite to pull apart victims too big to swallow whole.

For one, it was an older snake, and aged individuals tend to save their venom for prey rather than wasting it on predators that are too big to eat.

The models included interactions and competition between predators as well as the influence of climate on vegetation and prey populations.

For the booming moose population of Isle Royale, a key species in the world's longest running predator - prey study on the island, skulls have shrunk by about 16 percent over a 40 - year period.

Because large carnivores regulate other predators and prey, exercising an influence on the ecosystem far out of proportion to their numbers, their protection and reintroduction is crucial.

Adapting to climate change is already tough on moose; adding the present day's imbalance in the predator - prey dynamics puts additional stress on the Isle Royale ecosystem.

Richard Coss, a psychology professor and expert on the evolution of predator — prey relationships at the University of California, Davis, studied the behavior of 185 people who were attacked by mountain lions (aka pumas or cougars) between 1890 and 2000 in the U.S. and Canada.

For their part, the ants run a protection service, fighting off predators that would prey on the other two.

With an estimated 1 million animals killed every day on America's road network, the effect of this constant removal of predators and prey is felt over much wider areas.

Such selective «tuning» of colours to the eyes of different observers might provide at least some camouflage against dangerous predators that sneakily eavesdrop on the bright signals of their prey.»

Scientists found that culling older, larger prey fish can lead to more small fish for predators to dine on, even though the overall number of prey decline

The dominant piscine predators dine on the smaller fish around a reef, which, in turn, prey on the small invertebrates that chow down the starfish larvae (young).

These bottom - dwellers lie on their sides, hidden from predators and ready to grab passing prey.

Namiko Mitarai explains that they first used the classical calculations from the theories about ecosystems that say that two predators can not exist simultaneously if they both live exclusively on the same prey.

Rolf O. Peterson (1944 ---RRB- Peterson helms the world's longest - running study of the predator - prey relationship in the wild, between wolves and moose on Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior.

Predator Friendly, a company in Big Timber, Montana, was created to help market wool from ranches that do not kill the coyotes, mountain lions and bears that prey on sheep and lambs.

Each strain of phage is highly targeted and has evolved to home in on specific bacteria, which means a precise match between prey and predator is necessary for any phage - based treatment to be effective.

So I wondered if some animals need to spend time and energy on voluntary exercise so that they are fit enough to out - run predators, win over mates or hunt down prey,» he explains.

That could mean the Cretaceous - period herbivore was a target for predators that relied on sight more than smell to find prey.

Rochet has run theoretical models on the effects of fishing practices and has indeed found that selective fishing can negatively impact biodiversity and create ripples in the food web as the balance between predator and prey is upset.

Most studies of animal warning colors focus on how well they deter potential predators, but far fewer have examined whether the same signals help their bearers avoid detection by parasites, prey, or competitors, the researchers say.

These large frogs hide among the leaf litter on the rainforest floor, making it harder for predators to spot them and easier to snag unsuspecting passing prey such as spiders and lizards.

Most research on color and behavior in toxic amphibians has focused on interactions between individuals of the same species or between predators and prey.

If the venoms don't evolve quickly enough, then the predators or prey on which they're intended to act will evolve a countermeasure and render the toxic advantage moot.

The top predator he studied, the nursery web spider Pisaurina mira, preferentially preys on the grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum.

Prey needs to hide from predators, and predators need to sneak up on pPrey needs to hide from predators, and predators need to sneak up on preyprey.

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).