Sentence examples for grab prey from inspiring English sources

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So like the crocodiles, they grab prey with their mouth.

"You can grab prey and you can chew it; you can do a lot of things".

"When something touches their feet they may snap shut and grab prey".

Allosaurs were probably fierce hunters, able to grab prey with their clawed arms and rip it to shreds with their great jaws.

Their large incisor teeth are used like forceps to grab prey; the upper pair is hooked, and the lower pair extends forward.

Horner argues that its arms were too weak to grab prey, but sharks, wolves, snakes, lizards and even many birds are successful predators without using their forelimbs (if any).

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It has hairs that are triggers for grabbing prey.

Lions and sharks have sharp canine teeth for grabbing prey in flight.

"It appears that white sharks work on a strategy of grabbing prey, usually swinging it in its mouth, holding it for a while, and then oftentimes letting go and circling the area," Burgess explained.

These lizards do not use the tongue to capture prey; rather, they grab their prey in their jaws (jaw prehension).

In addition, young stickleback are preyed upon by insects, especially dragonfly nymphs (Aeshna) and backswimmers (Notonecta), which grab their prey and then chew or suck the fish rather than swallow them whole.

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