Sentence examples for swift prey from inspiring English sources

Pregnant and post-partum females do not join, possibly because the energy cost of gestation leaves them unable to pursue such swift prey.

Pelicans, storks, birds of prey, swifts, swallows, and finches are diurnal (daytime) migrants.

This is probably because the predator isn't making a swift slash at fast-moving prey.

"There is almost certainly some amount of speed that depends on learning" to be swift enough to bring down prey.

The sculpins, flatheads, and scorpaenids, although not fast or powerful swimmers, feed on many more active smaller fishes and crustaceans, usually capturing prey by a swift pounce using the large pectoral fins as auxiliary power units.

Moreover, it has been thought strange that sophisticated versions of the epistemic theory of truth should fall prey to such swift deduction.

Crawl onto all 4's and try to be swift and light-footed so your prey isn't aware that you are approaching.

Coloniality often arises in types of bird that do not defend feeding territories (such as swifts, which have a very variable prey source); this may be a reason why it arises more frequently in seabirds.

Medium-sized prey are especially vulnerable to surplus killing, as the swift throat-biting method by which they are killed allows wolves to quickly kill one animal and move on to another.

The beautiful bird of prey can be identified by its grey upper plumage and swift velocity; they are the fastest animals on Earth, with diving speeds of up to 200mph.

Instead of "as swift as a bird," try "as quick as a kingfisher snatching its prey".