| In addition to man, kudus are preyed upon by lions, leopards, and wild dogs. |
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| Sponges are preyed upon by gastropods, polychaetes, asteroids, echinoids, turtles, and fishes. |
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| A fish preyed upon by so many other wild creatures for food from its first days of life, to when it becomes a full-grown fish. |
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| Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators. |
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| While captive herptiles are not preyed upon, their natural instinct is to hide when they feel threatened. |
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| The result, especially when heterotrophs are preyed upon by other heterotrophs, is a food chain. |
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| The periwinkle in turn is preyed upon by blue crabs and diamondback terrapins. |
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| They may be preyed upon by larger animals, such as large owls, coyotes, or large snakes, such as eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. |
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| They are also preyed upon by mammalian predators such as cats, and by snakes such as boas and anacondas. |
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| Suhr said the Argentine ants killed native ants and the insect life they normally preyed upon, posing a major threat to biodiversity. |
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| In turn, the squid is preyed upon by large fish such as marlin and swordfish, and it's a main staple of sperm whales. |
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| She was lured away from her lover and her social class, and then preyed upon by men who believed wealth can and does control everything. |
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| Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs. |
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| They are, unfortunately, being preyed upon and recruited into exploitation. |
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| Most significantly, herpes spread among Family members, and pedophiles within the group preyed upon the children. |
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| I understand that fully but I also know we have to somehow make the effort to ensure the spawning stocks are not preyed upon by the seals. |
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| Most wild cats are preyed upon as young cats by larger predators, such as foxes, wolves, other cats, and large birds of prey, such as owls and hawks. |
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| Local bodies too have been preyed upon by political rivalries and polarization. |
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| And in particular, as mentioned, our aboriginal kids are the ones being preyed upon. |
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| The elderly continue to be preyed upon by cowboys and other fraudsters. |
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| In addition to preventing children from being preyed upon by adults, there is another predator in our midst. |
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| Those who manage to stay in school may be preyed upon by teachers and other adults in positions of responsibility. |
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| Where there's a lack of self-confidence, there is a very dangerous void, a void that is preyed upon by older youth. |
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| They are then preyed upon by the smuggling group or other criminal organizations as a result. |
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| Off the coast of Alaska, the snow crab is preyed upon by at least 18 species, chiefly fish. |
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| Additionally, loons, grebes, ducks, coots, auks, gulls, geese and even swans have been preyed upon. |
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| Some species only rarely preyed upon by the polecat include European hedgehogs, asp vipers, grass snakes and insects. |
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| In Eurasia, red foxes may be preyed upon by leopards, caracals and Eurasian lynxes. |
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| Young salmon and trout may be included amongst the small fish preyed upon, but since eels tend to avoid the cool, rapid flowing waters favoured by the salmonids, they are not likely to be a significant threat. |
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| They're heavily preyed upon by fish and whales. |
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| The polecat may be preyed upon by red foxes, and both wild and domestic cats. |
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| They are preyed upon by fish, crabs, and several other predators. |
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| Chiru are preyed upon by wolves, snow leopards, and lynxes. |
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| The bandits also preyed upon stagecoaches, stores, and individuals. |
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| Stink badgers are preyed upon by civets, cats, and humans. |
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| Seniors are often targeted and preyed upon by credit card companies. |
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| These changes will help protect those vulnerable immigrants who could find themselves in abusive or exploitative situations or possibly being preyed upon by human traffickers. |
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| We know that the crime of human trafficking disproportionately impacts on vulnerable people, particularly women and children who are preyed upon, exploited and abused for the profit of others. |
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| Aphids are readily preyed upon by predatory gall midges which live on wild cherry and lupines but they prefer warmer weather and often appear too late in the season to provide satisfactory control. |
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| One example of a keystone species in the NWT is the barren-ground caribou, which covers large areas of tundra and is preyed upon by wolves, grizzly bear and golden eagles and harvested by virtually all communities. |
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| There have been instances where permits have been granted for the killing of the Steller sea lion, in an attempt to protect fish farms being preyed upon by the animals. |
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| They also tend to drop the tail feathers when preyed upon or under traumatic conditions, probably as a distraction mechanism. |
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| Geckoes in turn are preyed upon by some of our small nocturnal mammals such as, dunnarts, planigales, antechinus, etc. |
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| They were preyed upon by large theropods, such as Ceratosaurus, Megalosaurus, Torvosaurus and Allosaurus. |
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| Threats Although they are preyed upon occasionally by golden eagles, red foxes, wolves and wildcats, humans are the largest threat to pine martens. |
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| Nesting females have been preyed upon by jaguars in the American tropics. |
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| Humans are apex predators, being rarely preyed upon by other species. |
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| Other animals which are now endangered were also preyed upon, for example, hippos, which have very hard white ivory prized for making artificial teeth. |
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| Preyed upon by hawks, foxes, and weasels, they may also fall victim to domestic cats. |
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