Sentences with phrase «small animal prey»

Carnivorous plants actually capture small animal prey to gain many essential nutrients.

Young Again CarnivoreRAW without calcium is designed to duplicate the nutritional profile of small animal prey.

Young Again CarnivoreRAW with calcium and phosphorus is designed to duplicate the nutritional profile of small animal prey.

Young Again CarnivoreRAW with calcium is designed to duplicate the nutritional profile of small animal prey.

Not exact matches

Some animals are considered carnivores even if their diets contain very little meat (e.g., predatory arthropods such as spiders or mantids that may rarely consume small vertebrate prey).

Animals preying on undispersed seeds are typically small insects, such as flies, beetles, and moth larvae, with limited mobility.

When a live animal — a small shrimp, perhaps — brushes against its tentacles, the hydra shoots out poisoned barbs to sting and paralyze its prey.

Dogs, Perri reasoned, would have been highly valued in this Holocene forest, as they would be ideally suited to track, chase down, and hold these smaller prey animals.

Gila monsters These nearly two - foot - long lizards use their poisonous bite to prey on small animals in the southwestern United States.

The mere presence of filter feeders as large as Tamisiocaris suggests that Cambrian ecosystems were much more productive than previously recognized, the researchers contend: As seen in modern species as diverse as fish, sharks, and whales, large animals can successfully exploit small prey only when they can be sieved from the environment in great concentrations.

And the small animals found at Taung also implicate a bird of prey.

Unlike cats, which tend to go for small prey, the dogs often took on much larger animals, such as deer and boar.

As a result of non-target species possibly being included in past research studies, it has been thought that snow leopards — who lack an abundance of natural prey — consume great numbers of small mammals such as marmots, hares and pika, as well as wild ungulates, which are larger hooved animals such as ibex.

For example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed - species groups for most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lions).

The earliest diverging dinosauromorphs may have preyed on small animals (including insects), but cranio - dental remains are rare; by contrast, most silesaurids probably included plant material in their diet, as indicated by their modified jaw apparatus and teeth.

These species facilitate the transfer of energy to higher trophic levels by consuming very small prey and then being eaten by larger, predatory fish and other marine animals.

They move around the world, interacting with smaller insects and animals, battling one another for territory and domination, hunting for prey or sleeping.

They are very playful and have a high prey drive, so watch them around smaller animals like rabbits, hamsters, birds and even cats.

They have a high prey drive and may hunt smaller animals or even pets.

However, small dogs, cats, and other small household pets may appear as prey to a Greyhound and they may chase these small animals.

Candy does have a high prey drive, so she should not go to a home with small animals or cats.

They also have a strong prey drive and are not recommended for households with small animals, including cats.

But, sometimes it can be difficult to introduce an adult GWP to a cat or small dog, since they may see the small animal as «prey.»

Although some fanciers claim Tamaskans are good with small animals, these dogs sometimes have a strong prey drive and should not be left alone with other small pets.

«They are a significant predator of small animals, and can survive as almost solitary animals when the prey is scarce, while thriving in high density when the prey is abundant,» Beck told Life's Little Mysteries.

Whiskey also has a very high prey drive so no small animals — cats, chickens, rabbits etc. — and is looking for a home where she can run and explore full time with her human.

I would be keen to know more about their prey drive, and how well they get on with cats or other small animals like chickens?

Dogs chase things, they have natural prey drive, so are going to run after other dogs, cats and other small animals.

Canines eat prey on the spot but may carry small animals home when they have puppies to be fed.

It is equally sad to see Danes bounced out of their homes, placed multiple times, because they are too high strung to live with, or are driven by such high prey drive that they are a danger to other animals or small children.

Samoyeds are way better with kids, strangers, and other dogs, though I think (but I could be wrong) that american eskimos are better with small animals (mine had a non-existant prey drive as an adult, but that could have been unique to him and our training) Every dog requires a commitment to daily exercise and training, and these two are no exception.

Like all hunting dogs, it has a strong prey instinct and should not be trusted with small animals.

I can not recall exactly what books I used to look for breeds with high prey drives and that are likely to attack small animals.

It's hard to rid them of that prey drive for small animals.

Pins can have a very high prey drive, and despite my experience with my rats and Pins, I do not recommend this breed for a household with small animals like rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits (especially).

She preys on small animals outside.

High prey drive dog breeds are those that have been used for years by humans to chase and hunt small animals or that have inherited hunting attitudes because of their survival instincts.

A cat's prey drive is so strong that even well - fed cats may naturally enjoy hunting birds or other small animals.

They do well with older children but smaller animals such as cats, ferrets and rabbits are better left at the pet shop when you are a Husky owner because of their desire to chase small prey.

Like many sled dogs, they have a strong prey drive and are not suited around small animals.

While these dogs are not inherently dangerous, the terrier in them means that they have a strong prey drive — this as an instinct to chase small animals.

While some greyhounds have a high prey drive and should not be around cats or other small animals, many low prey drive greyhounds get along fine with small creatures.

The dog will see small animals as prey and hunt them.

We are looking for dogs with a low prey and / or ball drive, meaning they do not completely lose their mind when a ball, bird, small animal is around.

Undomesticated cats hunt, which results in a diet consisting of small animals such as rodents and lizards, insects, and small birds — prey that is high in fat and protein, and very low in carbohydrates.

To this day, terriers love to chase small animals, often digging holes in their pursuit of prey.

In the wild, cats hunt and catch smaller prey animals.

She has prey drive so will need to be supervised around cats and other small animals.

Even a well - trained dog with a strong prey drive can be distracted by squirrels or other small animals and run into traffic.

In the wild, cats drink very little water because they get the water they need from the small prey animals they catch.