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prey <a prey; preys> N

prey <a prey; preys> N

prey

fall prey to VB

be or become a prey or victim of VB

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Although it has a predilection for cephalopods, the dietary composition of this opportunistic predator generally reflects the locally available prey types.
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Tarantulas are generally offered 12 prey items (such as crickets) once weekly, although they can typically survive for several weeks without food.
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However, it may also prey on marine mammals such as seals.
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This method of locomotion is extremely slow, but is also almost noiseless and very hard to detect, making it the mode of choice for many species when stalking prey.
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Those carvings were the work of passing nomadic hunters, following the migrations of their prey.
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It is thought to attract prey by means of blue fluorescence.
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The aardvark and the ant eater use long tongues to prey upon termite and ant nests.
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They tend to stay in one place and wait for prey; they are lie-in-wait predators.
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Death feigning as a way to attract prey is another form of deception.
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Because of their large size, adults have no problem eating prey as large as fully grown cottontail rabbits.
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