live prey

collocation in English

meaningsofliveandprey

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live
adjective
uk
/laɪv/us
/laɪv/
having ...
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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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(Definition ofliveandpreyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Where prey are patchily distributed, the presence of carrion is likely to be spatially associated with higher densities ofliveprey.
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Even if putrefying prey were of little interest as a food resource, they may provide the cues that allow the predator to find aggregated patches ofliveprey.
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Typically, they live in small family groups, and are opportunistic feeders that huntliveprey(especially rodents).
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Its closest living relative is probably the lappet-faced vulture, which takeslivepreyon occasion.
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Whether eatinglivepreyor carrion, the wolverine's feeding style appears voracious, leading to the nickname of glutton (also the basis of the scientific name).
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Carrion is seldom used iflivepreyis available.
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They takelivepreyup to the size of week-old guppy fry, but need plant material, ideally green algae, to thrive.
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Livepreyis sometimes attacked by the bearded vulture, with perhaps greater regularity than any other vulture.
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Scientists speculate that it used its long arms and grasping hands to seizeliveprey, which would have consisted of small animals.
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Thelivepreythey do catch is usually immobile, injured, incapacitated or young.
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They have biting mouthparts and feed on a variety oflivepreyand dead organic matter.
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The bird feeds on amphibians, reptiles and otherliveprey.
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Although they eat mostly carrion, they will also ambushlivepreywith a stealthy approach.
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During the breeding season, adults scale back on carrion and take mostly small,livepreysince nestlings need this kind of food to survive.
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When huntingliveprey, it sticks its mouth into the prey's body and proceeds to drain it of all bodily fluids.
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Hunting game would be encouraged first by the use of meat, then a lure, and eventuallyliveprey.
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Besides discouraging animals that eatliveprey, playing possum also convinces some large animals that the opossum is no threat to their young.
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Their food sources vary with some eating carrion orliveprey, others eat seeds, fruit or tiny water organisms.
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While foraging for bones orlivepreywhile in flight, bearded vultures fly fairly low over the rocky ground, staying around 2to4m ft high.
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The spotted hyena trackslivepreyby sight, hearing and smell.
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