Some predators may use all of these senses in pinpointing their prey, while others may depend mainly or entirely on a single one.
Some predators also use aggressive mimicry as a hunting technique.
It has also been reported that some predators will use date rape drugs, or take advantage of alcohol consumption, to render their victims unaware.
She cautioned that predators were using online child pornography not just for sexual gratification, but as "a plan for action."
It could also actively defend itself against predators like Gorgosaurus using a heavy club-like tail end.
But a real predator I know is using, selling, and almost certainly doing other crimes.
For example, most prey can digest complex carbohydrates into other forms of nutritional energy which the predator can use.
Underwater predators, such as shags and razorbills, use very few red filters because the light in sea water is predominantly blue or green.
They centered their research around the differences between how solitary and social modern predators use sounds.
Most recently, he said, predators have been trading pornography via file-swapping services once used just to trade music.