"tackle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was probably better suited to tackling large prey than the more lightly-built Saurornitholestes.
- Losing even one toe or talon will significantly lower the eagle's ability to tackle prey.
- Its rudimentary wings had claws shaped like a meat hook for tackling prey, which was then killed with the massive beak.
- Therefore large adults rarely tackle small prey.
- An example of a snake that can tackle unusual prey is the Queen snake, which almost exclusively hunts newly-moulted crayfish.
- Adults and fifth or sixth instar nymphs can tackle much larger prey, such as house flies, small bees and moths.
- Its strongly built jaws and teeth likely allow it to tackle relatively large prey.
- It may also have hunted in packs to tackle larger prey.
- Norman (1985) suggested that the robust skull and jaws might have allowed Ornitholestes to tackle "larger and more active prey" than other small theropods.
- They are aggressive predators, with adult females willing to tackle prey as large as themselves.
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