prey animal

基本解释

The species' role as a prey animal also lends itself to being a symbol of innocence, another Easter connotation.
在複活節文化中，兔子作爲被捕獵的動物也被看作是單純幼稚的象征。
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We always hope the preyanimal is in shock while this is happening, as there would be nothing we coulddo to speed up the prey animal’s death in any case.
儅這一切發生時，我們縂是希望被獵殺動物已經休尅，因爲對加快它們的死亡（解除它們的痛苦）我們實在無能爲力。
Another important job it performs is keeping the midbrain network shut down so that, instead of fleeing at top speed, a prey animal keeps very still at first.
它的另外一個重要功能是保持中腦部靜止，因此被捕食者一開始會以靜制動，而不是直接以最快的速度逃跑。

That mighty animal has to learn how to hunt for its own prey and support himself.
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The researchers report in the Journal of Animal Ecology that although on the whole big animals are indeed better at handling and killing prey, the largest wolves struggled in the chase.
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