Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies...

whilst ambush predators instead wait for prey to present an opportunity for capture, and often use stealth or aggressive mimicry. Other predators are opportunistic...

Look up ambush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position. The concealed...

predation in which predators actively give chase to their prey, either solitarily or as a group. It is an alternate predation strategy to ambush predation —...

range of colors, from black to purple and more. This species is an ambush predator; it hunts by burrowing its whole body in soft sediment on the ocean...

help avoid predators, some ambush predators evolved camouflage that lets them ambush their prey. The tasseled scorpionfish is an ambush predator that looks...

Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot...

inhabit the circumantarctic Southern Ocean. It is presumed to be an ambush predator, with a diet including various fish, and is likely a key prey item...

hunting strategies to ambush or pursue their prey which mostly includes small mammals, insects and small birds. It seems that a predator speed relative to...

An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own. Apex predators...

fully-formed froglets after a period of 4–5 months. Pipa pipa is an ambush predator, lying in-wait underwater for prey to inevitably wander too close,...

brightly colored red fins. Like all pikes, the redfin pickerel is an ambush predator, lying amongst thick vegetation in wait for smaller, more agile prey...

its predatory behaviour suggest that the thylacine was a solitary ambush predator specialised in hunting small- to medium-sized prey. Accounts suggest...

low shrubs in ecotonal areas. It is categorized as a "sit-and-wait ambush predator" that waits for prey to come within reach and snatches them using its...

(33 ft). Various studies suggest that Liopleurodon would have been an ambush predator, feeding on fish, cephalopods and other marine reptiles. Even before...

vertebrates. Like most pit vipers, the eastern copperhead is generally an ambush predator; it takes up a promising position and waits for suitable prey to arrive...

legs and head appear almost translucent. Thomisus spectabilis is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are...

from Fraser Island, Queensland to Kiama, New South Wales. It is an ambush predator with a large expandable stomach, capable of swallowing crustaceans...

theory of predator–prey interactions, the relationship between herbivores and plants is cyclic. When prey (plants) are numerous their predators (herbivores)...

enlarged pectoral and pelvic fins suggestive of a bottom-dwelling ambush predator ecology. Teeth have been assigned to the modern genus from the Late...

supports the idea of Utahraptor being an ambush predator, in contrast to other dromaeosaurs that were pursuit predators. Fossil remains of several individuals...

correlated with the presence of other predators, prey species, livestock and humans. It is an ambush predator that pursues a wide variety of prey. Ungulates...

though it is thought to have had a similar hunting strategy as an ambush predator. The type species of Meganteron, M. cultridens was described by Georges...

These early tetrapods were large semi-aquatic piscivores and riparian ambush predators that hunt terrestrial arthropods (mainly arachnids and myriopods),...

defensive spines, and use colour to camouflage themselves from other fish. Ambush predators are dark, black or red. Since the longer, red, wavelengths of light...

syphon like a snorkel to breathe underwater while hunting. It is an ambush predator of fish, reptiles, frogs and aquatic invertebrates and spends most...

strong electric shock of up to 200 volts. It is a solitary, nocturnal ambush predator that feeds mainly on bony fishes and crustaceans. This species is aplacental...

granivory, is a type of plant-animal interaction in which granivores (seed predators) feed on the seeds of plants as a main or exclusive food source, in many...

Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot...

from Latin ovum, egg, and vorare, to devour. An obligate ovivore or egg predator is an animal that feeds exclusively on eggs. This is different from an...