Sentences with phrase «search of prey as»

During the later period, when there was less sea ice, the whales dove significantly longer and deeper than in the earlier period — presumably in search of prey as the animals, in turn, changed their habits because of different ocean conditions brought on by sea ice loss.

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I stood quietly and watched as hundreds of conspicuously larger tadpoles crisscrossed the pond, making frequent excursions from the deeper water toward the shore in a relentless search for prey.

Mangrove rivulus, which can live out of the water for extended periods of time (days or weeks, as long as the conditions are moist), uses its specialised jumping technique when water has low oxygen concentrations or high levels of hydrogen sulphide, or to escape predators and search for terrestrial prey such as crickets.

Last year, scientists in Denmark showed that terrestrial leeches can be used similarly to sample an area's fauna, though they feast on fewer species than do carrion flies, don't travel as far in search of prey, and live in only certain habitats.

The sometimes - campy, somewhat noir-esque tale, told from the perspective of the self - absorbed police inspector who fancied his search for his prey as his own work of art, presents its material with ample laughs, great style and beautiful cinematography.

Owen butts heads with the ship's captain, George Pollard (Benjamin Walker from «Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter») over how to command the crew and set the course of the vessel as they roam the Atlantic Ocean in search of their prey.

As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary.

You might as well accuse job coaches of setting people up for fraud by giving them job search tips just because there are scammers out there who prey on job seekers.

Wolves are constantly on the move, following their prey as it travels in search of new food resources.

Dogs that dig to search for small prey, such as rats, mice, moles, or small insects, perform this behavior out of instinct.

By Danielle Max Modern hunters may shoot with cameras and not guns, but the adrenalin rush when the «prey» comes into view remains, as I discovered when I went in search of the elusive lion in Botswana.

They forage in nearshore areas by plowing through muddy bottoms in search of benthic prey such as worms, mudshrimp, and amphipods.