Sentences with phrase «to catch prey»

It is noteworthy for its extraordinary diving ability and skill at catching prey underwater.

The stealth capabilities of the kayak, which means «hunter's boat», allowed the hunter to sneak up behind animals on the shoreline and successfully catch their prey.

On the face of it this is foolish, because catching prey costs effort, and the victim might well fight back.

If your cat has access to the outdoors it is likely that she enjoys exercise in the form of hunting even if she never catches any prey, and by interaction with other cats.

Serve food at room temperature or warm it slightly to mimic the temperature of fresh caught prey.

Polar bears succeed in catching their prey in only 2 percent of their attempts, the National Zoo says.

And while many ichthyosaurs had conical teeth for catching prey, Sclerocormus was toothless and instead seems to have used its short snout to create pressure and suck up food like a syringe.

Declawed cats are not as effective at catching prey as cats with claws but declawing does not prevent effective hunting.

It appears to be related to plants from the Roridulaceae family, which catch their prey using long, sticky hairs.

Carolin Haug, LMU Munich, said: «T. brandonensis was probably an actively hunting predator, which caught the prey with its front claws and crushed it into smaller pieces with the protrusions nearer its mouthparts.»

Cats are hunters and thrive on catching prey.

The bird - dung crab spider has taken camouflage to new levels to deter predators and help catch prey

And the cheetahs are successful catching prey about half the time.

The genus Ctenus belongs to the so - called wandering spiders, which roam along the jungle floor at night and catch their prey without a web.

Research suggested Quetzalcoatlus, which lived during the age of dinosaurs some 230 million to 65 million years ago did not catch prey in flight, but rather stalked them on land.

Up - close observations revealed seals caught prey underwater, but ripped it apart at the surface.

For sure, the three LPGA stars were among the record seven million Woods fans who watched the Big Cat stalk and nearly catch his prey in Sunday's Valspar Championship finale.

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

«So while a cold chameleon can catch prey just as fast as a warm one, it takes a lot longer to deliver this meal to the mouth,» says Ulrike Müller of California State University in Fresno.

Sight drives nearly every aspect of their lives, including catching prey and communicating with other animals.

Those sharks that do not become successful in learning how to catch prey quickly may starve as a result, which would partially explain the early migration of this juvenile female to off - shore waters for richer food.

To the scientists, these intersecting trails show how the predators caught their prey.

«New insight into how Cheetahs catch their prey.»

The individual spiders are only the size of a pencil eraser, but they form organized groups that can catch prey ranging from fruit flies to small vertebrates.

This concoction electrically charges the web and helps spiders catch their prey, according to a study in Naturwissenschaften.

Yawunik had evolved long frontal appendages that resemble the antennae of modern beetles or shrimps, though these appendages were composed of three long claws, two of which bore opposing rows of teeth that helped the animal catch its prey.

On average, the researchers reckon both fish were five times more successful at catching prey together than separately.

It was only when the balls were rolling rapidly that the mucus was very sticky — this is equivalent to what happens when the tongue extends and retracts at high speeds to catch a prey item.

That could include some bizarre adaptations, including «sponges that are sticky and catch prey instead of filtering water; small bivalves / clams having changed to suck in tiny shrimps instead of filtering; polychaete worms feeding on others and detritus - eating sea cucumbers.»

In other words, they see silhouettes of seals or sea lions on the surface of the water and engage in breaching behavior, whereby they fully leap out of the water at great speeds, in an attempt to catch their prey unaware.

The family's attempts to catch prey take up a good deal of the action; in one amazing sequence, the two brothers attempt to abduct a street kid living under a highway, only to be fought off by his gang.

They can see movement clearly up to about a mile away and their history is as hunters so being able to see prey far away and possessing the speed to go catch that prey is one of the reasons they were brought into organized racing.

Smaller Dachshunds were used to hunt hare and rabbits while the larger dogs could catch prey such as fox and even otters.

While cats may make seemingly good rodent catchers, most are not able to consistently catch prey for food and still rely primarily on humans for daily sustenance.

A hungry farm - cat hunts only enough to feed itself, while one that receives food hunts for «sport» and catches prey more frequently.

The cat's eyes don't allow him to see what's right in front of him and this is why they need to visualize a type of 3 - D map to determine the best way to catch the prey considering all the possible ways this prey could escape.

See the pelicans dive for fish and the osprey catch its prey.

Jellyfish defend themselves and catch their prey using their tentacles to sting.

Bats are famed for using high - pitched squeaks to catch prey in total darkness.

The pharyngeal jaws allowed them, for example, to crush plants or hard - shelled animals, while the oral jaws were specialized exclusively for catching prey.

High - speed video images show the lizards can catch prey with their rubber band - like tongues equally well whether their body temperature is a cool 15 °C or a warmer 35 °C.

Although indoor cats» survival doesn't depend on catching prey or avoiding predators, they never lose these instincts.

The artist claimed that these altered webs depict loneliness and defeat of spiders because their webs couldn't catch prey they needed to survive.

Resolution No. 5: I Will Help My Cat Tap Into Her Animal Instincts Christensen says that cats in the wild normally eat only after successfully catching prey, or scavenging.

Catching prey underwater and then shredding it at the surface was probably a smaller behavioral leap from full - on land feeding than other aquatic hunting strategies.

Verger forces Lecter out of retirement in hopes of catching his prey, but learns one really should be careful of what one wishes for lest he get it.

It is meant to catch his prey: the spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward.

The process of Arsenal becoming Champions of the Barclays Premier League this season will earnestly begins today at the Ems were the Gunners will send the Hornets flying helter - skelter for their dear lives as they are gunpowdered shot by the Gunners with 6 of the running Hornets falling down on the Ems playing turf as caught prey.