Sentence examples for overpower prey from inspiring English sources

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It has a chunky body with short legs and tail, but is agile and can easily overpower prey as large as itself.

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Some spiders are active hunters that chase and overpower their prey.

To avoid delay or failure, the toxins overpower the prey's neuromuscular system with dozens of different peptide toxins.

The bluespotted stingray overpowers its prey by pinning them to the bottom of the seafloor with its fins.

It feeds upon any animals it can overpower, from small rodents to waterbuck, but generally preys on the smaller and medium-sized antelopes and deer; it appears to have a special liking for dogs as food and, in Africa, for baboons.

They generally hunt alone and ambush their prey as most other cats do, overpowering them from any angle, using their body size and strength to knock the prey off balance.

Bullfrogs are voracious, opportunistic, ambush predators that prey on any small animal they can overpower and stuff down their throats.

Like humans, Liometopum apiculatum ants are opportunists; they will eat anything they can overpower, and, because they do not sting, they tear their prey to shreds.

When the alternative is a blood-fed Culex, perhaps the small spiders' preference for blood-fed Anopheles is not surprising, as this is consistent with small juveniles having Anopheles-specific prey-capture behavior [20], but large spiders can easily overpower mosquitoes without adopting the special tactic used by small juveniles.

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