It may make short flights from a perch to snatch prey in mid-flight or even hang upside-down to forage.
It moves through the tangled vegetation with a series of small hops, snatching prey as it travels.
Pelicans in their turn sometimes snatch prey from other waterbirds.
Lacking the ability to take off from water, they snatch prey from the ocean surface or beach using their long, hooked bills.
In both cases, they are commensales, snatching invertebrate prey startled by the ants or coatis.
They may walk slowly, at around or less than 60 paces a minute, snatching prey when it is observed.
They dared not snatch prey from the gross one, but would dive in should Knot try to escape.
Both species will follow swarms of ants in order to snatch prey fleeing the ants.
Rather, they were likely stalkers and ambush predators hiding among the sea weeds, snatching prey found below.
The rapid motion, a crossbowlike release of stored elastic energy, lets the ants snatch prey easily.