Sentences with phrase «predatory attack»

We have provided evidence that a warning signal, known to help deter predatory attacks on a potentially harmful prey, may also help the prey to win ecological competition with its predators.»

Most live prey are quite a bit smaller than the eagle, but predatory attacks on large birds such as the great blue heron and even swans have been recorded.

The attack probably came from below, and the researchers say appears to have been a skirmish: They suggest that the fossil preserves an ancient competition between males or a mating behavior, rather than a predatory attack intended to kill and consume.

I realized this predatory attack came from the seeking system.

When the body is stressed, it is basically preparing for a predatory attack, so there isn't much energy left to run maintenance functions.

Yen, a superb screen fighter with an often bland presence, creates the finest screen character of his career as the dedicated but modest master who becomes a teacher to the ordinary citizens facing the oppressive rule of the occupying Japanese army and the predatory attacks of Chinese bandits.

And the set up looks more like a predatory attack.

Yet in an atmosphere of vast economic uncertainty and Republican fear - mongering about government spending, the rhetoric of green jobs has been unable to motivate widespread public support for addressing climate change and has opened the door to predatory attacks from those seeking to exploit scientific uncertainty for political ends.