Sentence examples for prey as such from inspiring English sources

It does not recognise its prey as such but will try to consume any small, dark coloured, moving object it encounters at night.

Scavenging on such prey fragments may be more energetically advantageous than the pursuit and capture of live prey, as such activities can require frequent take-off, landing, and prey handling which may all be energetically costly [24].

One could argue that nuclear localization of the target or prey as such is not strictly required.

As such, prey abundance and size would be likely to influence PA for hyaenas.

Larger animals may regard guinea pigs as prey, though some (such as dogs) can be trained to accept them.

Some prey animals such as zebra are marked with high-contrast patterns which possibly help to confuse their predators, such as lions, during a chase.

There are also reports of more unlikely prey items, such as tree monkeys, the brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus) and even the small royal antelope (Neotragus).

Native Americans would often burn woodlands to reduce overgrowth and increase grasslands for large prey animals such as bison and elk.

Terrain affects the grazing and travelling behavior of prey species such as cattle and elk [48] [50].

Prey adaptations, such as marginal eyespots, that encourage predators to attack less vulnerable body parts are hence expected to evolve [5], [15].

Even non-mammalian prey species, such as black iguanas and chickens, are sensitive to the direction of eye gaze [see 47 for a review].