Sentence examples for readily prey from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that collectors haven't or don't employ these tactics, especially those who readily prey on the vulnerable and those who don't know their rights.

This is an interesting finding as although E. coli and Salmonella are readily preyed upon by B. bacteriovorus Tiberius, the predation efficiency or even capability on the marine and aquatic bacteria has not been determined, but should be in future environmental microbiology studies.

Although larval teeth are shaped like pointed cones, the teeth of adults are adapted to enable them to readily grasp prey.

The bobcat is an opportunistic predator that, unlike the more specialized Canadian lynx, will readily vary its prey selection.

Our results suggest that if predators more readily ingest toxic prey at low temperatures, warning coloration will become even more costly as temperature decreases.

This readily occurs when prey species trade off their ability to compete for shared resources with their capacity to resist predation.

Diet items of larval and juvenile paddlefish include zooplankton and all stages of aquatic insects [ 3]. Larval paddlefish reared under laboratory conditions readily accept natural prey items (live and frozen), as well as commercially prepared powdered diets [ 5].

Supplemental prey are readily taken given the opportunity.

However, river otters, as foragers, will immediately take advantage of other prey when readily obtainable.

When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly, and globally the bird is considered to be of least conservation concern.

An additional similarity between the Chiswell Island rookery and other GOA rookeries is that measurements of maternal care are excellent at Chiswell Island [25] and are comparable to maternal care at other rookeries in the central GOA [26], suggesting prey is readily available across this broad area.