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... prey is primarily a male activity . In zoo lemurs , the dominant females seize and kill such prey as mice and small birds . Other troop members may be allowed to snatch or share portions . This correlates with the usual priority for ...
... prey is primarily a male activity . In zoo lemurs , the dominant females seize and kill such prey as mice and small birds . Other troop members may be allowed to snatch or share portions . This correlates with the usual priority for ...
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... prey ; cooperative hunting demands simul- taneous reaction to prey and fellows and rapid calculation of what each will do next . Andrew ( 1962 ) and others have attributed the long - term increase in mam- malian brain size to selection ...
... prey ; cooperative hunting demands simul- taneous reaction to prey and fellows and rapid calculation of what each will do next . Andrew ( 1962 ) and others have attributed the long - term increase in mam- malian brain size to selection ...
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... prey and a patch . A prey is a food item of which you eat all , or a fixed amount . A mullet for a shark or a leaf petiole for a red colobus might be a prey : one bite is all . A durian fruit for a liontailed macaque or a man for a ...
... prey and a patch . A prey is a food item of which you eat all , or a fixed amount . A mullet for a shark or a leaf petiole for a red colobus might be a prey : one bite is all . A durian fruit for a liontailed macaque or a man for a ...
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WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
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