It holds large prey down with its foot while eating.
The trap had been well set and now was truly sprung, but might it not be too weak to hold such formidable prey?
This prevents them from being able to chew efficiently, but makes it easier for their powerful masseter jaw muscles to hold struggling prey.
Tangle roots were strong; they were made for holding struggling prey fast.
Many predators, like cats, rely on their arms to hold prey, but arms are less essential to scavengers, he argues.
They suggest that such injuries could occur as a result of the theropod trying to hold struggling prey with its feet.
The fifth segment has a ventral pseudopod that helps to hold prey.
Creel is a type of small wicker basket mainly used by anglers to hold fish or other prey.
Unlike later, carnivorous dinosaurs, it lacked a sliding joint at the articulation of the lower jaw, with which to hold large prey.
Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids.