Example sentences of "feed on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because animals such as these feed on other things at other times of the year , they can not develop specialised nectar-collecting apparatus , for that would make feeding on other substances difficult if not impossible . |
| 2 | With several separate aquaria , each kind of animal can be given the type of food it needs , and animals that feed on other animals can be kept apart . |
| 3 | Carnivores feed on other carnivores ( which make up 10 percent of the diet of the leopard , for example ) , scavengers feed on the dead carcases of all kinds of animal , and most important , the decomposing fungi and bacteria return the nutrients from dead bodies to the soil , from whence they can be re-used by plants . |
| 4 | Most people know that they hawk and feed on other flies . |
| 5 | The most successful example is probably the reduction of American prickly pears ( Opuntia , Cactaceae ) in the rangelands of Australia by the introduction of the moth whose larvae feed on such cacti in the Americas . |
| 6 | Some animals feed on living plants ; even if no animals come at first they may come later if plants begin to grow in the microhabitat . |
| 7 | Several animals are able to withstand such stings and actually feed on various portions of wasps , bees and their nests . |
| 8 | The separation is at its most apparent in the summer , when the males feed on rougher pastures higher up the mountain . |
| 9 | Those caterpillars that feed on older leaves , with a high tannin content , are less nutritious for the chicks . |
| 10 | Tigers are most active at night and feed on larger mammals such as deer , antelope and wild pigs . |
| 11 | The females lay their eggs on milkweed and the caterpillars feed on these plants until they pupate , prior to emerging as butterflies . |
| 12 | The thrips eggs are laid between the petals and the larvae feed on these organs . |