Sentence examples for fend off predators from inspiring English sources

The toxic concentrations help plants fend off predators.

Their large size and vigorous defense sometimes enable them to fend off predators such as bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lions.

The cones were to mark the spot and also to fend off predators, particularly hog-nosed snakes, which came in the wet season.

The finding suggests that chemicals released by the Asian shore crabs in the water set off a defense mechanism in the mussels: they produce thicker shells that fend off predators.

The only ants you can control directly are the warriors, who can be sent out to the far reaches of their territories to find new supplies, attack prey and fend off predators.

To fend off predators, the black-saddled pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini) famously inflates its body with water, much like a person puffing up his cheeks and holding his breath.

"Now it stands for post hole digger," he said ruefully, referring to the fences he spends much of his time on, fending off predators from his alluring blueberry bushes.

To study the effects of intense hunting of sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean, Whitehead and his wife, marine biologist Linda Weilgart, collected data on the whales' vocalizations and tail scars, which may indicate how well an animal fends off predators.

He proposes that the diversity must have narrowed in the course of whale evolution as mtDNA "hitchhiked" on the success of behaviors passed from older females to calves, such as feeding techniques, methods for fending off predators, and baby-sitting.

Once the antlers have been shed, bulls tend to form bachelor groups which allow them to work cooperatively at fending off predators.

Both of these games can be integrated with each other, so you could play as humans in Alien also fending off Predators (no fair), or you could play as Predators in Predator hunting for Xenomorphs.