He is a predator, and predators seek to incur the least risk possible while hunting.
The other is that animals on the edge are likely to be encountered by a predator first.
Usually, it means that a male is trying to protect his herd from a predator or rival.
If a predator tries to get close, the water acts like an alarm system and alerts them of any danger.
But we really have to trade off all the costs and all the benefits of having a predator.
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When a bee colony is attacked by a predator, that colony has to fend for its own survival.
"This is a predator like none other in the world, and it deserves complete respect and attention, " he said.
Sick birds and young birds are at greater risk of ending up in a predator's stomach than healthy adults.
Moreover, our ancestors saw meaning and intention ("agency") in these patterns: They took rustling in the grass to mean that a predator was intent on eating them.
Laws that bar sex offenders from living in so many places should be repealed, because there is no evidence that they protect anyone: a predator can always travel.
In the absence of an even better offer, should it decide to stay independent and perhaps seek to become a predator itself, its shareholders might yet give it sympathetic support.
Like many of the other residents and tourists who flocked to see the hawks, and followed their every movement through binoculars, Kennedy was awed at being so close to a predator.
The first is that animals in the middle have more neighbours than those at the edges, and this greater number reduces the chance of a particular individual being selected by a predator.
Pakistani news outlets reported twice in 2008 that Gadahn had been killed by a predator drone strike, but al Qaeda then released a video message by Gadahn to prove he was still alive.
However, nobody would seriously consider using a Predator to carry out most of the missions assigned to F-16s, and the U.S. has been conducting unmanned aircraft operations in Southwest Asia for a long time now.
"There's been a slight increase over time in our willingness to believe that a popular, charismatic adult can be a predator, " said David Clohessy, executive director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
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We are, after all, civilised wild animals, and when under threat from a predator it is important that all our body functions are tuned to perfection to either fight our corner, or get the hell out of there.
There had been concern that the re-establishment of a predator called the Nassau grouper would lead to a dramatic reduction in the population of parrotfish a group of herbivorous species that feast on seaweed that would otherwise overwhelm the coral.
At Balad, we visited the air command center, saw a Predator (unmanned drone), drove MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles), visited their hospital, and met with their chaplain who happens to be one of the few rabbis in the Air Force.
The judge at the US Federal Court described him as a "predator and a danger to the community".
The history of racial injustice (particularly the stereotype of the Black male as a sexual predator) and the need to protect her community from further attack might persuade a survivor to remain silent.
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Experience with other fisheries has shown that ecosystem dynamics can change when a top predator is completely removed.
But the term "unmanned aerial vehicle" is a misnomer, since roughly 160 people work on a typical Predator mission.
The long-term goal is to cultivate a natural predator to the bugs.
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Can you do anything to keep your own parent safe from a caregiver predator promoting romance in his or her later years?
It's still not clear why squirrels approach such a deadly predator, but Clark says they maybe trying to assess the nature of the threat.
But there may be an answer: prove that the lionfish is not in fact a top predator after all, by getting people to eat it.
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Its current collaborators include such frequent targets of activists' ire as Wal-Mart, a giant retailer with no time for unions, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), a private-equity firm often depicted as a financial predator.
Experience with other fisheries, such as the collapse of the cod population of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland in 1992, has shown that the dynamics of an ecosystem can change when a top predator is removed completely.
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