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potential prey

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk /pəˈten.ʃəl/ us /poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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prey
noun[U]
uk /preɪ/ us /preɪ/
an animal that is hunted and killed for food by ...
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Distributions of potentialprey for seals and penguins varied over the study area, as determined by nets, acoustics, and diving surveys.
During the summer, ruffe encounter a wide variety and high quantity of potentialprey organisms, such as fish eggs and larvae, insect larvae and water beetles.
They are inexperienced investors and potentialprey for sharp financial operators.
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Potential predators were bilaterally symmetrical, as were potentialprey.
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During the dry season, the proportion of avian predators to potentialprey is lower than during the wet season because passerine birds comprise the large majority of all migrants.
This allows them to move through the water without creating disturbances that could alert potentialprey.
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When potentialprey is first spotted, the frogfish follows it with its eyes.
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This allows the animal to investigate narrow crevices where potentialprey may be hiding.
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They also have extremely keen eyesight to enable them to spot potentialprey from a distance.
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Once his potentialprey bites the bait, it abducts them and feeds on their flesh.
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Outside of captivity, gray bats are limited by the sporadic emergences of potentialprey.
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Eggs are deposited singly or in clusters on leaves near potentialprey.
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It is believed that this highly maneuverable squid uses the bright flashes to disorientate potentialprey.
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At least some of its potentialprey could move quickly, while evidence suggests that it walked instead of ran.
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The signalling theory advantage of such coloration is that predators can learn to avoid potentialprey with that color pattern.
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Harsh calls are also often given during these attacks, alerting all potentialprey in the area of the predator's presence.
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Some potentialprey are unpalatable to bats however, and produce an ultrasonic aposematic signal, the auditory equivalent of warning coloration.
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It has an effortless wavering flight as it quarters the ground, alert to the sounds made by potentialprey.
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Their olfactory and nerve signals significantly slow down, which severely limit the lizard from either catching potentialprey or escaping from predators.
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They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echoes to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potentialprey.
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They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echos to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potentialprey.
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Saurocephalids were powerful and ferocious predators with powerful jaws capable of slicing and biting off large chunks of meat from their potentialprey items.
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They are suspected to be sensory organs for the detection of vibrations in the soil, perhaps to detect threats and potentialprey or mates.
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When it detects potentialprey, a jumping spider typically begins orienting itself by swivelling its cephalothorax to bring the anterior median eyes to bear.
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However, considering the presence of potentialprey susceptible to caudal luring it would not be surprising if this behavior were eventually observed.
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