Sentences with phrase «species catches its prey»

This bat species catches its prey by performing a midair somersault and closing its wings and tail around an insect it plans to eat.

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To add to its mystery P. otwayensis weaves highly stereotyped ladder - shaped webs, where they stand facing down after sunset, waiting for preys which will be caught by using the ladder as a trap — a behavior which was already described in detail by now retired arachnologist Mike Gray (Australian Museum) for the only known other species of this genus, P. carraensis.

To be successful, the animal must use a combination of genetics and observation of other members of their species to learn successful strategies for finding, catching and killing of live prey.