Sentences with phrase «prey by scent»

Long necks, short legs, and long, floppy ears make it easy for a beagle to drop its head to the ground and sniff, which is good because beagles hunt prey by scent.

Bred to hunt prey by scent, rabbits and hare are often their target.

Not exact matches

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.»

The scented sham packages can be incorporated into existing enrichment programs to improve bird of prey welfare by adding greater sensory and cognitive complexity to mealtimes.

Typically, your puppy's smell sense alerts him to the presence of prey, and he tracks game by following the scent trail.

«Their innate hunting ability can be used to hunt explosives by substituting their natural prey with the explosives scent.»

While sight hounds track prey by always keeping them in sight, scent hounds can simply follow their noses so it doesn't matter if they lose sight of their quarry.

The English sport of coursing — hunting by sight instead of scent — has roots in ancient Greece, and is a sport valued for the contest more than the catching of the prey.

In its native Morocco, it is often paired in hunting with the Sloughi, which chases down prey that the Aidi has located by scent.