Sentences with phrase «produced by their prey»

The effect could also apply higher up the food chain — predators often have to deal with toxins produced by their prey, such as scorpion venom.

«The predators that are sensitive to the toxins produced by the prey can quickly learn to avoid the prey.

Not exact matches

Maps produced by the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime (PAW Scotland) show 14 confirmed bird of prey crimes compared to 19 the previous year.

Each venomous snake species produces a unique venom, a mixture of around 50 - 200 toxic proteins and protein fragments that co-evolve with the typical prey of the snake, such as the smaller reptiles eaten by the eastern coral snake or the rodents preferred by rattlesnakes.

The toxins produced by some algal blooms may have evolved to give predatory algae an advantage when it comes to capturing their prey, researchers say.

Venom is a complex mixture of proteins and other toxic chemicals produced by animals such as snakes and spiders, either to incapacitate their prey or to defend against predators.

Led by Biology Research Associate Genevieve Spanjer Wright, a five - person team from the University of Maryland found that male big brown bats can produce a special sound, called a «frequency - modulated bout» (FMB), that tells other bats with whom they are foraging to keep away from their prey.

They've made up for it by producing a vast array of fast - acting toxins that target the nervous systems of prey.

The finding suggests that the cone snail insulin, produced by the snails to stun their prey, could begin working in as few as five minutes, compared with 15 minutes for the fastest - acting insulin currently available.

Out There was written, produced, edited and directed by award winning director Randal Plunkett, the 21st Lord Dunsany (Walt, Prey, Kiss Kiss), who most recently received awards for Dunsany Productions previous two films «Guerrilla» and «Walt» from the LIT Film Festival and Naas.

Out There» was written, produced, edited and directed by award winning director Randal Plunkett (Walt, Prey, Kiss Kiss).

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Just as cats 10,000 years ago were attracted to the easy, consistent food source that the first human settlements provided (see The Natural History of the Cat), feral cats today scavenge on the scraps that all human habitats inevitably produce.1 A study of a feral cat colony in Brooklyn found that the cats depended more on local garbage for food than on either prey or food provided by caregivers, and that the neighborhood produced enough garbage to feed three times more cats than actually lived in that area.2

Since cats have historically survived by eating nothing but prey animals, their bodies have stopped producing many of the chemicals required to process high - carbohydrate plant foods, namely amylase.

Those institutions have been quite successful feeding small prey animals with an added vitamin supplement, often one produced by Mazuri / PMI Nutrition International (ref) or a similar one with added calcium when no bone material is fed.

The Hide - a-Squirrel is just one of 4 variants produced by Outward Hound primarily intended to arouse the curiosity of canines and encourage them to use their inherent intelligence to «sniff» out these preys in their hiding places before «snuffing» them out for dogs to play with.

The Jackson Galaxy Collection by Petmate will be produced in colors that cats easily see, eliminate sounds that cats dislike, enhance people - cat interaction and satisfy cats» different hunting styles, for example, land - versus air - based prey.

You urgently need more food to feed yourself because the harsh icy weather has been destroying the single cube worth that is produced by your camp each turn, so you begin exploring the land to uncover potential prey, but that leads to more problems, plus you require wood to craft more weapons in order to successfully battle the creatures of the island.

Finally, hearts can be recovered by gathering ingredients found in the wild — such as mushrooms, herbs, fruits, vegetables, and meat from prey that must be hunted — and cooking them by the fire to produce nutritious meals, which may (depending on the components employed in their preparation) even have secondary effects like increased defense, stealth, and others.

As we know, sharks are highly sensitive to electronic fields in the water — picking up the electronic fields produced by fishes» bodies is how they're able to locate prey.