Predatory behavior refers to actions or behavior that involves attacking or harming others in order to gain an advantage for oneself. It is commonly used to describe the actions of animals that hunt and kill for food, but it can also apply to human behavior when someone takes advantage of others in a selfish and potentially harmful way.
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Even though pet dogs no longer hunt their dinner, they are still capable
of predatory behavior towards wild critters, other pets, and even babies and small children.
I don't know what happened exactly to your cat, but since there was a head shake and several dogs acting together, it sounded
like predatory behavior.
But even today, she said, not enough women and people of color are reaching leadership ranks, and some workplaces still don't take sexual harassment and
predatory behavior seriously.
For example, women tend to speed less, drive less aggressively and display
predatory behavior behind the wheel at much lower rates than men.
Certainly it does not address the perceived problem of poor sexual decisions and
even predatory behavior, which is the solution they are looking for.
And by comparing the dog to the wolf, scientists hope to gain insight into the genetics of aggression, even if they never completely understand what
drives predatory behavior.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. had evidence of Harvey Weinstein's sexually
predatory behavior toward a woman, but didn't pursue the case, according to an explosive New Yorker piece published Tuesday.
This wave of scandals stemmed from the #MeToo movement, the rising national conversation on workplace sexual harassment after highly publicized allegations of
predatory behavior by prominent men in media and entertainment.
Noticeable in all Nintendo products on mobile is that players can not freely speak to one another using their platform, likely due to wanting to avoid any sort of situation
with predatory behavior on the young and vulnerable that could cause huge damage to their brand.
Nearly a year before news organisations began reporting about Weinstein's
alleged predatory behavior with women, US litigator Thomas Ajamie began to hear about similar claims involving the movie mogul, he told The American Lawyer in an extensive interview.
Like Hollywood, Washington and New York City, Silicon Valley is in a moral crisis after a litany of revelations
about predatory behavior by powerful men.
Chris Darimont discusses the impact of humans» unique
predatory behavior on the planet, and Catherine Matacic talks with Sarah Crespi about whistled languages, Neolithic massacres, and too many gas giants.
Now their speaking out suggests a cultural shift in Silicon Valley, where
such predatory behavior had often been murmured about but rarely exposed.
The development of effective birth control methods has made it possible for the unitive function of human sexuality to be expressed more freely, which admittedly given predisposition to
selfish predatory behavior is a mixed blessing.
If you make apologies for
predatory behavior because the predator is «one of us,» then you are not standing for truth, and you are potentially sacrificing countless other lives, no matter what you tell yourself.
Stories of the director's supposed uncomfortable and
sometimes predatory behavior have been circling around Hollywood for almost three decades, but never have so many women spoken on the record and in the same place about the seventy - two - year - old.
That being the case, TNR should not be condemned because of potential wildlife predation, but rather embraced so that free - roaming populations can be curtailed as efficiently as possible to minimize
potential predatory behavior.
Also herding behavior sometimes looks like
predatory behavior when all this type of dog wants to do is to move other animals to a location of their choosing (see our tips for this behavior below) Others don't learn the lesson or act out of fear as a driver of the behavior.
We may never know to whom Caldbeck was referring, but certainly, his messaging seems ironic in light of a detailed report about his
own predatory behavior toward at least six women in the tech world that was published yesterday by The Information.
Would you not agree that the Nazi's
demonstrated predatory behavior in the way they sought to annilhilate the Jews with their superior technology and military advantage... comeon get real.
Lawsuits, boardroom jukes, negotiating jive: Who knew there was so
much predatory behavior behind college football telecasts?
I'm not a criminologist, but any decent cop will tell you that
predatory behavior repeats itself unless it is stopped in its tracks.
Lawmakers in Colorado and New Mexico began revising their sexual misconduct policies Friday, joining other legislatures that are facing questions about whether they are doing enough to
deter predatory behavior and protect victims.
«We didn't witness the actual predation event, but it's highly likely that the fishing spider killed the crayfish, given the
typical predatory behavior these spiders employ,» Loughman says.
A remarkable yet little - known species of octopus is once again exciting the cephalopod community with its surprisingly social behavior, unconventional mating and reproductive habits,
unusual predatory behavior, and unique body patterns, most of which have never before been observed among octopuses.
Reporting online today in PLoS ONE, researchers say computer analyses of the fossilized skull suggest that the creature engaged in
predatory behavior unlike any other bird's.
The team is now exploring the sensory input into the amygdala to determine what
triggers predatory behaviors and investigating how the two modules — one controlling pursuit and the other controlling the kill — are coordinated.