Sentence examples for readily feed from inspiring English sources

All the fulmarine petrels readily feed on fisheries discards at sea, a habit that has been implicated in (but not proved to have caused) the expansion in range of the Northern Fulmar in the Atlantic.

One of the main threats is commercial longline fishing, as the albatrosses and other seabirds which will readily feed on offal are attracted to the set bait, become hooked on the lines and drown.

Interestingly, some Arctiid moth caterpillars are considered 'toxic plant generalists' that readily feed on chemically noxious plants to self-medicate against parasitism [23].

Rickettsiae that are widely distributed in North American ticks that readily feed on humans but are not associated with human disease include the recently isolated (TJ Kurtti, unpublished) Ixodes scapularis endosymbiont [8], [9], [10], Rickettsia peacockii and R. montanensis.

They can readily feed on both avian and mammalian hosts, including humans.

These findings are consistent with the fact that Cx43I130T/+ female mice can readily feed their pups.

Although attacks against living humans are rare, the spotted hyena readily feeds on human corpses.

The Fiji parrotfinch eats seeds, especially of grasses, and also readily feeds on insects and nectar.

Our results demonstrated that, in Goulmoun, An. pharoensis readily feeds on humans.

Naive adults, however, readily fed on both plants within 24 h.

In contrast, it readily feeds on the crassulaceous ornamental Kalanchoe blossfeldianna (Rafter et al. 2008; Rafter and Walter 2013a).