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The strategy and tactics that predators use to catch their prey. John Hannah (narrator) Cousins: 2000: Charlotte Uhlenbroek explores the world of the primates - our closest relatives. Charlotte Uhlenbroek (presenter) Andes to Amazon: 2000: A portrait of South American landscapes and wildlife. Also known as Wild South America for the release ...
A cheetah exhibiting pursuit predation. Pursuit predation is a form of predation in which predators actively give chase to their prey, either solitarily or as a group.It is an alternate predation strategy to ambush predation — pursuit predators rely on superior speed, endurance and/or teamwork to seize the prey, while ambush predators use concealment, luring, exploiting of surroundings and ...
Their hind claws are elongated and curved backwards to aid in digging. Echidnas have tiny mouths and toothless jaws, and feed by tearing open soft logs, anthills and the like, and licking off prey with their long, sticky tongues. The ears are slits on the sides of their heads under the spines.
Some ambush predators build traps to help capture their prey. Lacewings are a flying insect in the order Neuroptera. In some species, their larval form, known as the antlion, is an ambush predator. Eggs are laid in the earth, often in caves or under a rocky ledge. The juvenile creates a small, crater shaped trap.
The film was released under their then-new Disneynature film unit, which specialises in natural history documentaries for the first time since True-Life Adventures. [9] The film was released in the US on 22 April 2009, with James Earl Jones narrating in place of Patrick Stewart.
Caudal luring is a form of aggressive mimicry characterized by the waving or wriggling of the predator's tail to attract prey. [1] This movement attracts small animals who mistake the tail for a small worm or other small animal. [1] When the animal approaches to prey on the worm-like tail, the predator will strike. [1]
The series took over three-and-a-half years to film, during which time Attenborough travelled almost a quarter of a million miles. The production team sought to further push the boundaries of natural history film-making, following on from the advances made in The Living Planet, and were provided with several new challenges.
Their "harpoon" is venomous, which assists cone snail to paralyze or kill the prey before eating it. A number of vertebrate species also make use of solid projectiles. Among birds the hornbill uses projectile motion to eat food. The hornbill's beak typically only contacts at the tip, and it has a short tongue.