Sentences with phrase «produced as a defense mechanism»

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Scientists believe that plants produce the caffeine molecule as a defense mechanism to prevent organisms such as fruit flies from eating them.

Potatoes naturally produce solanine and chaconine, a related glycoalkaloid, as a defense mechanism against insects, disease and predators (humans included).

As a defense mechanism, the rabbit's body will produce a thick fibrinous capsule around the abscess, which needs to be surgically removed, not simply drained.

Used to evade predators and act as a defense mechanism, it produces light when disturbed, giving out a quick flash of light to surprise the predator.

What weakens the trees against the beetles is that without sufficient water, trees can't produce enough sticky resin that acts as a defense mechanism.