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  2. Kettle (birds) - Wikipedia

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    A kettle of Turkey vultures circle their prey over the Mojave Desert. A kettle is a group of birds wheeling and circling in the air. The kettle may be composed of several different species at the same time.

  3. Bubble-net feeding - Wikipedia

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    As the group circles a school of small fish such as salmon, krill, or herring, they use a team effort to disorient and corral the fish into a "net" of bubbles. [4] One whale will typically begin to exhale out of their blowhole at the school of fish to begin the process. [4] More whales will then blow bubbles while continuing to circle their prey.

  4. Wolves and moose on Isle Royale - Wikipedia

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    The red fox is yet another animal that inhabits Isle Royale; red foxes mainly feed on snowshoe hares and occasionally scavenge on moose, or any other meat a wolf leaves behind. Wolves do not commonly hunt foxes, though wolves have been observed killing foxes when they attempt to feed on an animal carcass. [39]

  5. 100 animal trivia questions that will make you think - AOL

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    What is another name for a gnu? Answer: Wildebeest. When traveling in groups, this animal is referred to as a “mob.” Answer: Kangaroo. Among all the venomous snakes, this reptile is the longest.

  6. Pursuit predation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Carousel feeding - Wikipedia

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    The strategies orcas develop depend on their typical prey type and the most efficient method to capture them considering environmental conditions. Norwegian orcas have developed carousel feeding because it is an effective method to capture spring-spawning herring. [1] Carousel feeding teaches young individuals important hunting skills. [3]

  8. Optimal foraging theory - Wikipedia

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    It should never bother to go searching for prey 2. However, if the animal encounters prey 2, it should reject it to look for a more profitable prey 1, unless the time it would take to find prey 1 is too long and costly for it to be worth it. Thus, the animal should eat prey 2 only if E 2 /h 2 > E 1 /(h 1 +S 1), where S 1 is the search time for ...

  9. Gleaning (birds) - Wikipedia

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    African penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning.. Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds and bats in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals.