Sentence examples for feed extensively on from inspiring English sources

Some cuckoos are among the few birds that feed extensively on hairy caterpillars.

Benthic (bottom-dwelling) crustaceans are a food source for fish, and some whales feed extensively on benthic amphipods.

But some with massive, crushing jaws and teeth, such as the ocean sunfishes, often feed extensively on such soft-bodied invertebrates as jellyfishes (medusae).

Although the species classified in this order are basically meat eaters, a substantial number of them, especially among bears and members of the raccoon family, also feed extensively on vegetation and are thus actually omnivorous.

Men who had the ants under study in the field and in the laboratory say that the fire ants feed extensively on other insects, many of them considered harmful to man's interests — fire ants have been observed picking larvae of the boll weevil off cotton — and that their mound-building activities serve a useful purpose in aerating and draining the soil.

Striped hyenas feed extensively on wolf-killed carcasses in areas where the two species interact.

The rodent population, feeding extensively on palm seeds, exploded.

Woodcock (Philohela and Scolopax) also probe, but in woodland soils and leaf litter, feeding extensively on earthworms.

Dorn and Wojdak [10] found decreasing numbers in young-of-the-year residential fish after crayfish had been introduced to a pond in which they fed extensively on fish spawn.

The monkeys also fed extensively on natural vegetation, including leaves, herbs, grasses, and bark.

It has been reported that the species of carp introduced to Lake Chapala over a hundred years ago fed extensively on whitefish eggs and fingerlings [ 35].