Sentence examples for more active prey from inspiring English sources
Cookiecutter sharks have adaptations for hovering in the water column and likely rely on stealth and subterfuge to capture more active prey.
In larval amphibians, a reduction of activity and suppression of surfacing in the presence of predators are considered to reduce their predation risk, because active prey are more likely to encounter and be detected by predators [13], [14].
Sometimes Phaeacius takes a more active approach, especially if without prey for a week or more.
Birds of prey such as honey buzzards which migrate using thermals lose only 10 to 20% of their weight during migration, which may explain why they forage less during migration than do smaller birds of prey with more active flight such as falcons, hawks and harriers.
This behavior may vary seasonally, as bobcats become more diurnal during fall and winter in response to the activity of their prey, which are more active during the day in colder months.
The sculpins, flatheads, and scorpaenids, although not fast or powerful swimmers, feed on many more active smaller fishes and crustaceans, usually capturing prey by a swift pounce using the large pectoral fins as auxiliary power units.
Water spiders, which tend to be more active at night than during the day, are carnivorous and prey on aquatic invertebrates, such as water mites, water boatmen, and phantom midge larvae.
They become more active at night when they leave their shelters to go in search of prey.
Riverside Park is more active.
Our results indicated that leopards were more active in daytime and twilight; the seasonal spatial-temporal overlaps between leopards and tigers were lower than that between leopards and their prey species.
