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Meaning of "preferred prey"

preferred prey: Refers to the specific target that is favored by a predator. This phrase is commonly used in biology or ecology to describe the favored choice of food or victim for a particular predator species

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Most will fit their preferred prey.
The preferred prey can vary by season depending on their abundance.
Small rodents are their preferred prey.
The size of the preferred prey fish varies depending on pelican species and location.
Piglets are her preferred prey.
The preferred prey of this species of cuttlefish tends to remain constant throughout its lifetime.
Just their preferred prey.
Most eastern milksnakes will accept small mice as their preferred prey.
The goatfish are presumably a more preferred prey than bluestripe snapper.
Preferred prey of Weddell seals.
In reality humans are not the preferred prey of the great white shark.
The preferred prey is, according to different sources, either limpets or bivalves.
Wolves only kill when they are ravenous and their preferred prey is large hoofed animals.
Its preferred prey is moths and other insects, and jumping spiders.
Because of this, bison are not the preferred prey of the wolf.

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Preferred prey species can include voles, cotton rats and ground squirrels.
In the majority of cases, it is fish that seem to be the preferred prey.
It is a preferred prey of the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus).
Amyciaea is a genus of crab spiders that mimics ants, their preferred prey.
Its preferred prey includes deer, blue sheep, and other large mammals.
Further concern was expressed due to the proximity of the bear 's preferred prey to humans.
The preferred prey includes sea snails, crustaceans, mollusks, and other small fish.
The greatest intake rate was achieved by birds specializing on clams, the least preferred prey.
The preferred prey includes bony fish, small sharks, turtles, birds, and some species of dolphins.
Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey.
For example, on the East African plains, its preferred prey is the Thomson 's gazelle.
Most man-eating tigers are old, missing teeth, and unable to capture their preferred prey.
The cheetah 's preferred prey species is the oryx and the nyala . [ citation needed ].
The association with soft substrates coincides with the availability of preferred prey items ( pandalid shrimps ).
In the winter they may migrate to lower elevations of 900 meters, following their preferred prey.
Large lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ) appeared to be the preferred prey of the sea lamprey.
Bearded seals weigh 3-400 kg and are the second most preferred prey of polar bears.
Is seal. But a polar bear's preferred prey.

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