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unusual facts about Prey


Emilia Pardo Bazán

Probably the best of Emilia Pardo Bazán's work is embodied in Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), translated as The House of Ulloa by Paul O'Prey, 2013, the painfully exact history of a decadent aristocratic family, as notable for its portraits of types like Nucha and Julián as for its creation of characters like those of the political bravos, Barbacana and Trampeta.


Allomerus decemarticulatus

Once an insect lands on the plant, the closest ant will immediately surface and grab on to a leg, antenna, wing, or some other appendage of the prey.

Angelo Emo

Had he lived and succeeded, Venice would have probably not been considered such an easy prey for France and Napoleon's demands.

Arachnospila trivialis

The only confirmed prey are spiders of the genus Xysticus and it may prey on wolf spiders of the family Lycosidae too.

Basement Jack

And on a stormy night, in the town of Downers Grove (most likely Downers Grove, Illinois), the killer and his prey would find one another and as they hunt one another the citizens would have to fight to survive the blade of Basement Jack.

Bearcreek, Montana

In addition, Bearcreek plays host every autumn to Montana Falconer Symposium, the state's largest gathering of falcon trainers and birds of prey enthusiasts.

Bee-eater

For many species the dominant prey item are stinging members of the order Hymenoptera, namely wasps and bees.

Bolas spiders

A study by K.F. Haynes (University of Kentucky) showed that the spider adapts to the change in prey availability: One prey species flies from the early evening until 10:30pm, the other only after 11:00pm.

Crotalus enyo

Adults also prey on large centipedes of the genus Scolopendra.

David Tipling

His work is influenced by the Swedish painter Bruno Liljefors whose often brooding depictions of predator-prey action - the hunts engaged between sea eagle and eider, goshawk and black grouse - help to create their darkly primitive atmosphere.

Eastern red bat

Moths (Lepidoptera) form the majority of the diet, but red bats also prey heavily on beetles (Coleoptera), flies (Diptera), and other insects.

Episyron gallicum

It hunts terrestrial spiders which hunt their prey such as Wolf spiders as opposed to web weaving spiders.

Genesis flood narrative

In 1646, Sir Thomas Browne wondered why the natives of North America had taken rattlesnakes with them, but not horses: "How America abounded with Beasts of prey and noxious Animals, yet contained not in that necessary Creature, a Horse, is very strange".

Great hammerhead

An active predator with a varied diet, known prey of the great hammerhead include invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters, squid, and octopus, bony fishes such as tarpon, sardines, sea catfishes, toadfish, porgies, grunts, jacks, croakers, groupers, flatfishes, boxfishes, and porcupine fishes, and smaller sharks such as smoothhounds.

Haast's Eagle

The Haast's eagle has appeared in several documentaries pertaining to New Zealand, but was most heavily featured in Monsters We Met, where it was live-acted by a Harpy Eagle and interpreted as hunting humans in addition to moas due to the humans vaguely resembling its natural prey.

Hedgehogs in New Zealand

Hedgehogs prey on the endangered, endemic giant snails (Powelliphanta), the endemic weta species, and various other native invertebrates.

Hylarana temporalis

They are important prey of many species of snakes, including the Malabar pit viper and the vine snake.

Jacques-Cartier River

There are 104 species of birds, including birds of prey such as Barred Owl, American Kestrel, and Osprey.

Josiah Flynt

His further works dealing with the lower and criminal classes include The Powers that Prey (1900), a collection of short stories written in collaboration with Francis Walton; Notes of an Itinerant Policeman (1900); The World of Graft (1901), a volume of short stories and The Little Brother (1902), his only sustained attempt in fiction.

Laysan Albatross

Feral cats are known to prey on nesting birds and chicks on some of the more newly colonized islands.

Łysica

Łysica is inhabited by birds of prey, such as the Lesser Spotted Eagle, the Eurasian Sparrowhawk, and the Eurasian Hobby.

Martialia hyadesii

These large squid are known to prey upon deep-sea Ridgeheads, and to be preyed upon in turn by King Penguins.

Meadow Pipit

This species is one of the most important nest hosts of the Cuckoo, and it is also an important prey species for Merlins and Hen Harriers.

Meatless Flyday

An overconfident and guffawing spider (voiced by Cy Kendall) spots his intended prey, a mute fly, on the ceiling, and indulges in various cat-and-mouse schemes to try to catch him for food, including painting a load of buckshot with "Kandy Kolor" and luring the fly to eat it and drawing him closer with a magnet, which only succeeds in attracting a set of metal cutlery which the spider has to dodge to save himself.

Mindanao horned frog

There are over thirty-four bird species native to the area, of which more than half, such as the Mindanao Scops Owl, the Philippine Eagle-Owl, and the Blue-capped Kingfisher, prey on the Mindanao horned frog.

Mommsenstadion

The stadium opened on 17 August 1930 and replaced the former ground of SCC Berlin that fell prey to the extension of the neighbouring Messe Berlin fairgrounds.

Nepenthes spectabilis

In 1996, Paul Harwood, Heiko Rischer and Andreas Wistuba observed that the majority of prey in both lower and upper pitchers of this form consisted of beetles.

Plexippus paykulli

Prey species that have been recorded as being part of the diet include Diptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Odonata, Orthoptera and Aranea.

Prey Pros

Prey Pros is a natural and cultural site located at Prey Pros Commune, in Kampong Svay District in Kampong Thom Province approximately 16km northwest of Kampong noted for its scenic views.

Proavis

The term Proavis was used again in 1999, when Joseph Garner, Graham Taylor, and Adrian Thomas proposed their "pouncing proavis model", an hypothesis entailing that the origin of avian flight rested in a predatory behaviour, the "proavis" jumping on its prey from trees (see pouncing proavis model in Origin of avian flight).

Propalaeotherium

Propalaeotherium was featured in Walking With Beasts, where it is shown as a skittish foraging creature that is a prey item of Gastornis and Ambulocetus

Red Knot

The bivalved mollusc Macoma is their preferred prey on European coasts, swallowing them whole and breaking them up in their gizzard.

Reduviidae

Others, members of the subfamily Phymatinae in particular, have forelegs that resemble those of the praying mantis, and they catch and hold their prey in a similar way to mantis.

Río Negro Municipality

José Solano set up his exploration base in that place, in the margins of the Rio Negro, and there he settled with the few men that had survived the ascent along the Orinoco River, since most, including the famous Swedish botanist Pehr Löfling that accompanied the expedition, they had succumbed prey of the tropical diseases, especially the yellow fever.

Saint John's Arboretum

Water birds, birds of prey, shore birds, warblers, and many other kinds of birds can be found here, including many rare species such as Sandhill Cranes, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cerulean Warblers, and others.

Silphium laciniatum

The Eastern Kingbird perches on the tall plant to watch for insect prey.

Sphex pensylvanicus

While collecting their prey, the females are vulnerable to kleptoparasitism, in which birds, including the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), steal the prey that the wasp has collected.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

The pair are overtaken by the Caliph's (Donald Randolph) guards sent to bring Fawzia back, but the guards are driven off by an invading army of Turcoman women, a band of fierce and beautiful women who prey on passing merchants.

The Predator Becomes the Prey

The Predator Becomes the Prey is the third studio album by Ice Nine Kills.

Tree kingfisher

The Shovel-billed Kookaburra digs through leaf litter for worms and other prey, and the Vanuatu Kingfisher feeds exclusively on insects and spiders.

Tuart forest

A number of spectacular birds of prey will frequently be seen, such as Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) and Whistling Kites (Haliastur sphenurus), but of particular interest is the Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) which nests high in Tuart tree hollows.

Tumbes Swallow

All Tachycineta swallows are known to be exclusive insectivores; only identified prey include Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Aranae.

Uloborus plumipes

The fine fibres produced are combined by comblike bristles on the hind legs into slender silk threads with a fuzzy texture that are able to trap prey without the use of glue.

Utility fog

More recent science fiction novels have explored the possible consequences of the emergence of this technology, e.g., Michael Crichton's Prey (2002), or incorporated this technology as part of the story universe, e.g. Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief (2010).

Vern Gillum

His work includes a number of episodes from dozens of television series, including, amongst others, ER, Prison Break, Walker, Texas Ranger, The Commish, Prey, Haunted,, The Twilight Zone, JAG, Nash Bridges, Gabriel's Fire, Baywatch and Under Suspicion.

Viaţa ca o pradă

Viaţa ca o pradă (Life as prey) is a 1977 novel by Romanian author Marin Preda.

VMA-231

During this time Lieutenant Glen Loeffel was awarded the Navy Cross of heroism for his lone attack on the Japanese cruiser Furutaka on October 4, causing substantial damage and rendering it inoperable and easy prey for sinking which eventually occurred on October 11.

Zozobra

Additionally, two of the members of Old Man Gloom have since formed another side project called Zozobra, releasing the albums Harmonic Tremors and Bird of Prey.


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