Sentences with phrase «seen by predators»

«The animals emit a remarkably effective dim glow from their bellies that exactly matches the intensity and color of sunlight penetrating from the surface,» Widder explains, «so they aren't easily seen by predators swimming below them.»

Many migrating birds fly at night — often, all night — to cut the risk of being seen by predators and to avoid overheating under the hot sun.

Not exact matches

These «dark posts» — sponsored Facebook posts that can only be seen by users with specific profiles — included videos aimed at African - Americans in which Hillary Clinton refers to black men as predators, for example.

To see if the sugary morsel could also help bees bounce back from a negative experience, the researchers mimicked a predator attack by gently squeezing 35 insects in a trap before releasing them.

Researchers now find that certain male fish solve the problem by wooing females with secret ultraviolet signals their major predators can't see.

Off the List Thanks to repopulation efforts during the past few decades, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) now thrives in the U.S., and since 2003 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to move the top predator off the endangered species list — a plan opposed by groups that believe the wolves are susceptible to being overhunted [see «Out of the Woods»; SciAm, April 2003].

They use the light to see by, to communicate, to lure prey and to confuse predators

While female guppies are lured by bright colors, predators are more likely to see, and attack, flashier male guppies.

«We see that the nests with chicks only from the male that feeds them are more often attacked by predators.

I was also measuring predation risk, to see whether wolves and other predators influence elk movements by causing them to avoid areas with escape impediments, such as downed wood and thick brush.

Defined as medium - sized predators, mesopredators are controlled by top predators — often by direct mortality, as we have seen, but also via competition for shared resources.

The explanation might lie in small airborne birds» need to detect and track objects whose image moves very swiftly across the retina — for blue tits, for example, to be able to see and avoid all branches when they take cover from predators by flying straight into bushes.

These microlenses work by mimicking something called foveated vision, which allows many predators to see a wide field of view at low resolution and focus on a single object at high resolution at the same time.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said homeowners living in the wildland - urban interface can do their part by recognizing that wild and domestic animals in their backyards are seen as prey to wild predators.

Most organisms are not faced with such big predators, so they don't need to see far away and thus get by with smaller eyes.

(AP)-- A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday when she saw proof that the site was screening its members for sexual predators.

«While we were pleased to see such a high level of responsible behavior by online dating companies, an online predator would require no more than one website to act irresponsibly,» Larsen said.

Federal Trade Commission should have sent a clear «no ifs» signal that no company can not game, push envelop or otherwise see what they can get away by devious practices — predators upon those seeking love should be put in the business extinct club.

In the weeks following the «Three Billboards» premiere at the Venice International Film Festival — followed by a North American premiere at TIFF, where it picked up the coveted audience award — McDonagh saw reports of countless women speaking out against Harvey Weinstein and so many other sexual predators.

Since this is a G - rated film, there are no close - ups of prey animals being torn to ribbons by predators like the snow leopard, but you do see some shots of the large animals feeding on carcasses, having chased down the slower members of the unfortunate prey.

Directed by John McTiernan, Predator sees Arnie's Dutch leading an elite squad of U.S. Army commandos to a remote region of the South American jungle, where they have been assigned to search -LSB-...]

While there are plenty of dangers on the road, from stormy weather to predators or plain exhaustion, there's something particularly disgusting about seeing these brave travellers be shot down by hunters or suffer through industrial pollution.

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Authors must watch out for the unscrupulous types who prey on unsuspecting authors in the making who are so eager to see their work out there that they get trapped by the publishing predators.»

Randy K — I see a lot of finishing attacks being performed on humans in the videos I've seen, where the predator or alien are the executors, giving me a feeling that the colonial marines are squishy and non-threatening, What would by my incentive to actively play a human character?

It's hard to be eaten by a predator if you can't be seen.

Hanna would like to see other realty companies join in the fight by hosting seminars targeted to specific demographic groups such as recent immigrants, which some predators single out for schemes.