Sentence examples for secure prey from inspiring English sources

Many woodland owls secure prey by dropping from perches at the edges of forest openings.

Given the extreme disparity of annelid life styles it may be no surprise that several annelid taxa use noxious substances to defend themselves against predators and parasites, or to secure prey.

The vomerine teeth are behind the maxillary teeth, though both are used to secure prey and keep it secure in the mouth.

Numerous animals (e.g., spiders and some snakes) have evolved poisons as aids in securing prey and often use the same poison for defense.

One would think that mammalian or avian brains, hundreds of times bigger than bug brains, would be able to think up smarter strategies for defense against predators or securing prey.

This has resulted in a number of behaviours by the ants in order to reduce kleptoparasitism, including hiding of secured prey in the leaf litter and caching of food on trails.

They secure their prey with stinging cells (nematocysts) or sticky cells (colloblasts of comb jellies).

At the other pole from Caesar is Cleopatra, who must have also been a considerable political force but has here become an entirely personal one, manipulating, conniving and lying to secure her prey, but also loving with all the infatuation and ecstatic unsteadiness of a young girl.

Its mouth forms a tube when opened, creating a suction force, while its jaws protude forward to secure the prey between sharp teeth.

Some forest bee-eaters perch in foliage and near flowers, securing their prey without flying.

Once the hawk has secured the prey with its powerful talons, the bird dismembers it with its sharply pointed, strong beak.