Sentence examples for tackle prey from inspiring English sources

It was a bipedal, feathered carnivore with a long tail and an enlarged sickle-shaped claw on each hindfoot, which is thought to have been used to tackle prey.

This behaviour is a dramatic example of how dolphins, with their relatively unspecialised morphology, can utilise behavioural flexibility to tackle prey items that require substantial handling before consumption.

; Predator or prey?

Using their sandpaper skin as a food processor could help baby sharks tackle large prey such as crustaceans, the researchers suggest in a report published online 20 March in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Its hunting strategy may have involved perching on tree boughs or cliff walls and using gravity as an assist to tackle unsuspecting prey, according to the paper.

The differently shaped dentition in their upper and lower jaws allows them to tackle large prey, gripping and sawing off chunks of flesh with violent twists and turns.

Its hunting strategy may have involved perching on tree boughs or cliff walls and using gravity as an assist to tackle unsuspecting prey, according to previous research.

Humans benefited from the canid's loyalty, cooperation, teamwork, alertness and tracking abilities while the wolf may have benefited from the use of weapons to tackle larger prey and the sharing of food.