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Prey meaning
That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured. | A person or thing given up as a victim. | A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
Example sentences (20)
We hope to artificially increase the prey density to over 37 prey per sqkm in the park; currently it is around 18-20 prey per sqkm,” says another wildlife official.
Able to grow to more than 20ft in length, these stealthy invaders ambush their prey, squeeze until the prey stops breathing and then split their jaw apart to take the prey whole.
Brooke, 2004. p. 127 Petrels obtain food by snatching prey while swimming on the surface, snatching prey from the wing or diving down under the water to pursue prey.
Occasionally, bald eagles may hunt cooperatively when confronting prey, especially relatively large prey such as jackrabbits or herons, with one bird distracting potential prey, while the other comes behind it in order to ambush it.
Predator–prey interaction Predator–prey interactions exhibit natural oscillations in the populations of both predator and the prey.
Prey capture is facilitated by the impaling of the prey animal on the sharp teeth, after which the pike retreats to cover, turns the prey around, and swallows it, head first.
The venom is injected through the hollow filament to immobilise the prey; the tentacles then manoeuvre the prey to the mouth. citation The tentacles then contract to bring the prey into the stomach.
The predators in the mall ecosystem include the mall operators who “prey” on retailers through rental leases and retailers that “prey” on shoppers by selling goods and services.
To get rid of seagulls, Insider said the zoo previously tried flying eagle-shaped kites, placing large statues of different birds of prey and training the birds of prey within the zoo to patrol the skies and discourage seagulls from entering.
Red-tails are notably resourceful in their methods, hunting from a perch, soaring in search of prey, or even flushing potential prey items from a low-level cruise, depending on the circumstances.
Today, the word is primarily used to refer to the sharp claws on the feet of birds of prey, such as eagles and hawks, which they use for hunting and holding onto their prey.
But the species are using their ultra-blackness for diverse purposes, either as the prey hiding themselves from hunters, or as the hunters hiding themselves from prey.
Negi said snow leopards were being forced to move to lower altitudes and prey on domestic animals as the populations of their natural prey - the ibex and blue sheep - have been decimated by hunting.
So was he a priest that became gay in order to prey on men or was he a gay that became a priest in order to prey on men?
We modified an existing individual‐based model (IBM) to quantify the impacts of dynamic predator and prey interactions on the energetics of lactating prey species.
A gray wolf hunt can be divided into five stages: * Locating prey: The wolves travel in search of prey through their power of scent, chance encounter, and tracking.
A lasso-like string that is fired at prey and wraps around a cellular projection on the prey, referred to as spirocysts Depending on the species, one or several types can appear simultaneously on the organism.
Among the insect prey taken one of the more important types are caterpillars; along with cuckoos, trogons are one of the few birds groups to regularly prey upon them.
Animals usually take prey close to their own body size, but an adult thylacine of around convert was found to be incapable of handling prey much larger than convert.
Another explanation for warning calls is that these are not warning calls at all: A bird, once it has detected a bird of prey, calls to signal to the bird of prey that it was detected, and that there is no use trying to attack the calling bird.