predators是什么意思

As one of the most brutal predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.

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She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

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But, as the human study suggests, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for predators while asleep.

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wild pigs attracted golden eagles from the mainland, and those flying predators crashed the fox population.

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This idea is based on the principle that lions and other predators are far less likely to attack when they feel they are being watched.

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Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri

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When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch.

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And unplanned human activities have proved the idea of top-down control by top predators to be true.

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In the 1960s, scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other species - including species they did not directly attack.

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In the ocean, we fished for top predators such as cod on an industrial scale, while on land, we killed off large predators such as wolves.

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It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators天敌fleeing to quieter areas.

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Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems.

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The species they indirectly attack will turn into top predators.

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