They can hide in the grasses and then when their prey is caught off guard they attack.
Timber rattlesnakes study the habits of their prey, using scent clues; one kind of firefly uses the mating signal of another kind to find and eat it; a white stork uses the mating song of moor frogs to find and eat them; crab spiders weave webs next to flowers that bees visit and trap the bees for food.
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