The critters typically only use venom as a defense mechanism.
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That's kind of the only real defense mechanism I have.
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Her defense mechanism was to go numb and power through.
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"Comedy was, in some ways, a defense mechanism," he said.
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It's the main defense mechanism for the toothy, bottom-feeding creatures.
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The resin is produced as a defense mechanism against insect infestations.
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It automatically detects and triggers a self-defense mechanism to fight it.
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I became a pathological liar about my experiences, as a defense mechanism.
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It can also be used as part of an elaborate defense mechanism.
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Sports stars and celebrities increasingly reach for it as a defense mechanism.
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One, the rampant euphemisms they used were not a defense mechanism. Bad
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This, DiAngelo argued, is a defense mechanism to confronting questions about privilege.
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It's also unclear how realistic this is as a defense mechanism in practice.
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Sometimes it feels like crypto developers adopted the defense mechanism of the skunk.
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This defense mechanism keeps us sane enough to process it — to stay alive.
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SHERLOCK adapts CRISPR's genius, which borrows a naturally occurring defense mechanism in microbes.
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It commenced a clandestine nuclear program probably as a defense mechanism against Israel.
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Identity loyalty will create a buffer, a defense mechanism that protects the brand.
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They found they became sensitized as well and showed the same defense mechanism.
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Any insults as a form of a defense mechanism just show weak character.
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One hopes, at least: it's plate tectonics as a slow national defense mechanism.
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"As a kid, I've always used fashion as a defense mechanism," she continued.
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At the bladderwort's earliest point, Dr. Albert believes carnivory was a defense mechanism.
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It's a defense mechanism that helps regulate body temperature, just as sweating does.
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It's that internal defense mechanism that activates without consultation of your will or realization.
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In people who end up having Alzheimer's, the defense mechanism somehow goes disastrously wrong.
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That was until she eventually developed jokes about her identity as a defense mechanism.
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Under those circumstances, many of us would develop the habit as a defense mechanism.
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No built-in defense mechanism could save this mother after her daughter's sudden death.
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Maybe it's a defense mechanism, but she's legitimately giggling as Arie sends her home.
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It's the obvious defense mechanism of a culture whose engine runs on skull tattoos.
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It is an ancient practice originally conceived as a defense mechanism against unwelcoming locals.
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DPD is a defense mechanism protecting someone from emotions that could be dangerous or threatening.
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It's a defense mechanism that more often than not results in an over-romanticized past.
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As I got older, I had a really bad attitude — it was a defense mechanism.
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Some animals have the ability to blend in with their surroundings as a defense mechanism.
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It's almost like a defense mechanism that softens the harsh reality of what's just happened.
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My defense mechanism is shut it down, [but] that cuts off a lot of opportunities.
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Now, scientists have found another defense mechanism that protects these slimy monsters: their flaccid, squishy skin.
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Zhou is known for being reclusive and attributed his reticence as a defense mechanism against speculation.
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The Gulf communique said the six nations had discussed the GCC defense mechanism during their meeting.
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You have to live with that choice — and no defense mechanism can offer a true escape.
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For one, the species has evolved a particularly distasteful, and I suspect extremely effective, defense mechanism.
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But in season four, that attitude feels less like a worldview and more like a defense mechanism.
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It was so nerve-wracking that I smiled and it was this defense mechanism that came out.
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It's a defense mechanism and it worked for me at first, helping me get through my day.
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Stillness is actually a defense mechanism they've developed to blend in when they feel threatened by predators.
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It is nothing but a bumper sticker, a campaign banner, a defense mechanism, and a political tool.
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I think… I think I used to process sadness at a distance, a defense mechanism of sorts.
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Generally only used as a defense mechanism, this venom can cause rashes, illness, anaphylactic shock, or death.
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Tracking these objects is mainly a defense mechanism, to ensure none are anywhere close to hitting Earth.
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Thus, mobilization of cytotoxic immune cells during exercise might represent an indirect defense mechanism against cancer growth.
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It's a defense mechanism of sorts, preempting people from laughing at your weight by pointing it out first.
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The abnormally big scales tear off exceptionally easy, providing the animals with an effective anti-predator defense mechanism.
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Gold, says Susquehanna head of derivative strategy Stacey Gilbert, is "your natural defense mechanism" against negative-yielding bonds.
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A lot of staple crops, like rice and wheat, actually have a defense mechanism to protect against drought.
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The Astrologer, a magician, gives a Golden Cockerel to the silly Tsar, Dodon, as the ultimate defense mechanism.
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While this peacocking could have been a defense mechanism, it may also be that they enjoyed the attention.
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South Korea installed a THAAD system in September as a defense mechanism against possible North Korean missile launches.
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I felt like I had someone on my side, a defense mechanism that I could swallow every day.
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But in regards to the other shoe dropping and childhood stuff, I feel like it's a defense mechanism.
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The two tumor types affect the adrenal gland that releases the adrenaline hormone, which triggers the body's defense mechanism.
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His humor becomes a defense mechanism, and beneath the mask is a character who struggles with his own humanity.
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As a natural defense mechanism against UV rays, the body amps up melanin production, which results in brown spots.
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But she doesn't want to lapse into hype: this is a field where caution is a necessary defense mechanism.
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"It was a self-defense mechanism but it was a pretty effective one," he tells me when we reconnect.
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CRISPR-Cas9 is based on a defense mechanism bacteria use to ward off viruses — cutting off bits of viral DNA.
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The fact that Cleveland's biographer ties him to these other, more highly-regarded, presidents comes off like a defense mechanism.
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The enzyme is found in a number of plants, and is an evolutionary defense mechanism used to deter herbivorous insects.
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It's a defense mechanism that prevents the assignation of blame for massive cultural traumas, like slavery and state-sanctioned racism.
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In humans, for example, a fever is a defense mechanism designed to raise the body temperature to kill a virus.
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In all these cases, is the Justice Department going to act like President Trump's political attack machine (or defense mechanism)?
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The pangolin's defense mechanism against predators -- rolling itself into a scaly ball -- unfortunately makes it easy prey for human hunters.
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And so posing as a rise-and-grinder, lusty for Monday mornings, starts to make sense as a defense mechanism.
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Bezzerides demands to be perceived in the same tough manner as her male colleagues, a defense mechanism against her trauma.
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By contrast, the teens in this recent spate of films embrace their outsider status and wield it as a defense mechanism.
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Psychiatrists believe that dissociation is a defense mechanism: a reaction to severe childhood trauma or prolonged physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
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Compassion fatigue is a self-defense mechanism, a barrier against the world, the only shelter in which it's possible to survive.
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Under these conditions, pursuing obscurity instead of attempting to participate in the monoculture becomes a defense mechanism and a survival strategy.
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Maybe it's my defense mechanism for when people accuse me of being a coastal elite, out of touch with Real America.
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By peeing on their legs, they're actually helping to kill the bacteria that got on them—it's a defense mechanism for them.
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It was a defense mechanism and a way to position himself as the mascot for anything older rap fans felt uncomfortable with.
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DeVos employed a similar defense mechanism when she was cornered on the same issue by the House subcommittee budget hearing in May.
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She threatens his vow of celibacy (a concept she Googles agitatedly after meeting him); he threatens her defense mechanism of detached hedonism.
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But at the heart of this kind of anthropomorphic animal journalism isn't just projection, but our most basic, primitive defense mechanism: regression.
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One word of caution: Garlic mustard contains traces of cyanide, which is most likely the plants' defense mechanism against becoming a meal.
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The restaurant chain also adopted a defense mechanism known as a "poison pill" to prevent a hostile takeover from Schnatter or others.
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However, the details in the book unveil the theory that it was a psychological defense mechanism she had learned from her mother.
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CRISPR is based on a defense mechanism bacteria use to ward off viruses — cutting off bits of their DNA and pasting them elsewhere.
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"It is your body's defense mechanism, and results as your immune system is preparing to develop the necessary cells to attack," she says.
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Mimosa plants are famously sensitive to being touched or otherwise physically disturbed: They immediately curl up their delicate leaves as a defense mechanism.
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It is just as much used as a powerful tool by one group as it is an insidious defense mechanism by the other.
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"When this is disguised as entertainment, it distracts you, and the advertisement becomes more effective because your defense mechanism is lower," Harris said.
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Being high like that and acutely aware of my fears, I was looking for the scariest thing around, maybe as a defense mechanism.
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The advantage of targeting the Sigma-1 receptor is that it "activates the body's own defense mechanism to restore cellular balance," Hampel said.
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"At that point it was not about being funny, it was a defense mechanism to avoid getting punched in the mouth," she said.
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Ross's college roommate, Chandler (Matthew Perry), works in data processing and is insecure, so he makes self-deprecating jokes as a defense mechanism.
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Instead of acting as a defense mechanism, the frustrated signaling pathway wreaks havoc during development—causing severe birth defects or death in embryos.
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The Gulf Arab communique, carried by Saudi state news agency SPA, said the six nations had discussed the GCC defense mechanism during their meeting.
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Mostly, though, it just seems to serve as a defense mechanism that those in tech use to justify their own exorbitant salaries and lifestyles.
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When viruses attack bacteria, the bacteria use this defense mechanism to cut parts of the virus's DNA and paste them inside its own DNA.
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But with fine particulate matter, that defense mechanism doesn't kick in — and, again, these micro-contaminants can seep into our lungs and cardiovascular system.
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A certain personality seems to have one less layer of skin, don't have a defense mechanism, and that's part of why they're so captivating.
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It's an understanding among journalists that some reporters use cameras as a defense mechanism — a means of protection between them and an uncomfortable subject.
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The caterpillars' hairs, which can be released as a defense mechanism or carried by the wind, contain thaumetopoein, an irritating protein, the commission said.
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Liberals who have worked with Trudeau say his gregariousness masks a sometimes shy personality and that his off-color jokes are a defense mechanism.
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Sam's time travel is a defense mechanism against the panic attacks she experiences; learning to rein in her emotions lets her stay in the present.
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Brainerd: You know, given the apparent importance of this defense mechanism, they've given up the advantages of having a stomach where some digestion can start.
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It serves as this defense mechanism for our own unconscious minds—an actual legit thing that can happen during moments of trauma to reduce anxiety.
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Nisin itself is a bacteriocin, a toxic compound produced by the lactic acid bacteria that serves as a defense mechanism against other, more harmful bugs.
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The President's tried and tested political defense mechanism is to whip up chaos to tip his enemies off balance and launch a fierce counter attack.
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"The Una Nature Park is yet another defense mechanism against Croatia's nuclear waste disposal plans," said Srebrenka Golic, the environment minister of Bosnia's Serb Republic.
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Brainerd: You know, given the apparent importance of this defense mechanism, they've given up the advantages of having a stomach where some digestion can start.
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And the death of black people at the hands of police officers can often set off a defense mechanism among the deceased's family and friends.
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Yet somewhat paradoxically, Sheeran's self-deprecation also feels like a way to hide anxiety about how he comes across — a defense mechanism to mask insecurity.
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This week, he seemed to learn that little trick we all know from The Walking Dead about dressing up in zombie guts as a defense mechanism.
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It's mostly thought to be a defense mechanism, though there's some evidence that sea cucumbers also do it just because — a few species just eviscerate annually.
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Sometimes it's just plain ignorance, but I think it's a self-defense mechanism, to transform a place of trauma into something that resembles a ski resort.
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A hagfish's defense mechanism is literally sliming its enemies with heaps—up to five and a quarter gallons—of super sticky mucus that expands in seawater.
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Dr. Orrock and his colleagues knew that a chemical called methyl jasmonate, which smells like limes or flowers, could induce this defense mechanism in tomato plants.
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NATO invoked Article 5, its collective self-defense mechanism, for the first time in its history to offer support to the United States after the Sept.
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Because this spider has large fangs it bares as a defense mechanism, it is commonly mistaken for the brown recluse spider in the U.S., the article states.
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Life Of Kylie is out to prove the Instagram selfie artist we all know as Kylie Jenner is a simple mirage created as a self-defense mechanism.
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The Oscar winner admitted to Adam Sandler while chatting during Variety Studio's Actors on Actors series that she is purposely mean to fans as a defense mechanism.
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In spite of this staggering vulnerability, almost all policymaking ignores end-users and abandons the opportunity to transform users from conduits into a defense mechanism against cyberattacks.
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"The grandmother of art therapy, Edith Kramer, borrowed heavily from Freud and Freud believed that sublimation was a mature and healthy defense mechanism," Ms. Garcia-Held wrote.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Brazilian restaurant operator International Meal Company SA approved a takeover defense mechanism on Thursday, the company said in a securities filing.
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From an evolutionary perspective, we're sensitive to motion sickness because the vestibular system, which helps the body keep balance like a gyroscope, also acts as a defense mechanism.
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My favorite defense mechanism was (and still is) borderline cliché: MMA is pure competition, without bases or balls or nets for metaphors—a sport distilled to its essence.
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But for all of its powerful sensing technology, the thermometer has ultimately proved to be an ineffective defense mechanism, according to medical officials and experts on infrared devices.
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Highly evolved tail weapons may have started as a defense mechanism to ward off predators, but then became more elaborate as the animals used them to fight one another.
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As a defense mechanism, Allergan began cutting its workforce and reduced its research and development spending to 28503 percent of its annual sales from an average of 22019 percent.
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"As the feminist movement gains prominence, it scares people, and this is their defense mechanism," Dalia Abd Elhameed, gender rights officer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, told CNN.
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Between the lines: This is a similar defense mechanism we've seen Trump use time and time again, such as directing the FBI to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 election.
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It's a feeling I know well; I experience it every time I pick up my chameleon, Drake, and he puffs up his body and turns black as a defense mechanism.
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The gene-editing tool used in this study, called CRISPR-Cas9, is based on a defense mechanism bacteria used to ward off viruses by cutting off bits of their DNA.
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A lot of people say, "I don't care what other people think," but often that's a defense mechanism meant to shield them from the hurt and pain associated with rejection.
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And many of the apps and services we use to do so are protected by a password, a defense mechanism that has become increasingly easy for malicious actors to crack.
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It's a defense mechanism: if a predator grabs the gecko, the animal quickly loses its fish-like scales, running away while the predator is left chewing on a bunch of skin.
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We're meant to understand that it's the defense mechanism Babydoll's subconscious conjures up to help her cope with her current circumstance and the series of horrible events that led her there.
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Maybe, then, saying that something terrible or just plain crazy is "the most 20163 thing" is actually a mental defense mechanism that allows us to frame the day's problems as temporary.
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) - One of the four reactors at Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant shut down on Thursday morning when an automatic defense mechanism kicked in, the plant said in a statement.
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They are known collectively as the Dirtbag Left, a shorthand they embrace that winkingly dispenses with any notion of liberal purity or inclusion, a defense mechanism that doubles as a nickname.
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But limiting "sexual assault" to an abstract evil that only happens to other people, and is only committed by people you don't know, is also a "common defense mechanism," she said.
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A statement published by Saudi state news agency SPA said the six nations had discussed at an emergency meeting in the kingdom a joint defense mechanism under the Gulf Cooperation Council alliance.
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But while Billy and Elijah prided themselves on their quick-witted sass, arguably a defense mechanism to survive the ruthlessness of the city and of their chosen careers, Cary is decidedly demure.
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Projecting, she says, is a defense mechanism in which you ascribe characteristics that you don't like about yourself, or other people in your life, onto someone else — in this case, your therapist.
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"Harth says that she worried about being raped by a man who weighed twice as much as she did, and at one point she vomited as a defense mechanism," the Times reports.
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She is the version of myself I used to exclusively put up as a defense mechanism, because it's how I wanted to feel, while simultaneously being the opposite of how I felt.
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Living under constant threat from earthquakes and volcanoes, but also gang violence, political unrest and poverty, they have developed a strong defense mechanism: a forceful loyalty to family, community and fellow countrymen.
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Talking to the camera is a storytelling device, yes, but it's also Fleabag trying to disassociate from her own life, a defense mechanism built up in the wake of a friend's death.
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Kai, the family pet of a biology teacher, occasionally accompanies the instructor to class so students can see first hand the ball python's special defense mechanism of rolling itself into a ball.
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According to Huffard, whose research on stilt-walking was later published in Science, both the veined octopus and algae octopus (Octopus aculeatus) use this behavior as a nifty defense mechanism against predators.
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A team of biologists took advantage of the bacterial defense mechanism on which the gene editing system CRISPR is based to write an animated GIF, pixel by pixel, into a population of bacteria.
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The term "regression" can be traced back to our psychological forefather, Sigmund Freud, who claimed that it's a defense mechanism that protects us from feeling uncomfortable emotions, such as anger, sadness, and shame.
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An insistence on the unassimilable weirdness of human life appears in all of them, and they all have the same diffident sense of humor, one that feels very much like a defense mechanism.
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In Ilana and Lincoln's case, she wanted to know all the dirty deets about his sex life with other people, perhaps as a defense mechanism to mask that she really wanted something more.
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What they did, per the Guardian: Glanzman implanted wires into the tails of two California sea hares and gave them a series of electric shocks to sensitize them and trigger a defense mechanism.
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The students were probably exerting a type of defense mechanism that's known, in science-speak, as "devaluing temptation" -- or, in other words, thinking that something isn't nearly as appealing as it might actually be.
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Spending time with her rapist and having things "go back to normal" is, in a way, Jessica's defense mechanism — and, sadly, it's also a way for people to excuse the validity of her rape.
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Five years ago an attempted takeover of KPN by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim was thwarted after an independent foundation issued shares to prevent him gaining control — a common takeover defense mechanism at Dutch companies.
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Between throwing darts, Reynolds revealed that his alter-ego's notorious comical flair has a deeper meaning; it serves as the character's primary defense mechanism, a method of coping that hits home for the actor.
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And I shouldn't have to do this — no one should have to — but I think because I was a class clown growing up, my defense mechanism has always been to deal with it with humor.
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The defense mechanism cuts down on water loss and usage in the plant, but it will only kick-in when the plant has been in steady drought-like conditions for a long period of time.
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The arch, knowing, writerly tone is well-suited to our age, but it's hard not to see it as a collective defense mechanism — as if revealing your true feelings exposes your soft underbelly to the horde.
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A study published on Thursday in Current Biology now lays bare the details of the fish's unusual defense mechanism: Unlike most venomous fish, which inject toxins through their fins, fang blennies deliver venom through their bite.
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I understand it's a sort of self defense mechanism that our brain uses because if we realized how little we actually know we would live in a state of constant panic… Well, that's what I read anyway.
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Yet by eschewing market values, Hansson was able to adopt a "fuck you" mentality, which he said has proved to be the "number one defense mechanism" against the developer burnout that runs rampant in the FOSS community.
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After wiping the remnants of my own heat-defense mechanism off my hands, I disconnect the charger, note how long the car's been plugged in and how much power I've added, and climb inside the small SUV.
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During his year and a half as President, Trump has waged a campaign to erode public trust in some of the country's most important institutions -- the Department of Justice and the FBI -- as a self-defense mechanism.
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Maya is more extroverted, a class clown with a manic side that she uses as an all-purpose defense mechanism — most affectingly when Maya, who's Japanese-American, is picked on by a clique of racist mean girls.
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This is both a survival tactic designed to navigate the ever-changing tides of a mercurial entertainment industry and perhaps also a defense mechanism: better not to get too attached to a project that doesn't get picked up.
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Whether this is a defense mechanism against getting hurt after losing the love of her life, or because she's still recovering from a brutal physical attack and juggling an intense career and raising three kids is beside the point.
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Found in wooded areas on nearly every continent, bombardier beetles — a group that consists of more than 500 species — get their name from their signature defense mechanism: When threatened, they shoot a hot chemical spray from their rear end.
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And I knew that would happen out of her defense mechanism, but I was more afraid that if I was cut out and Lauren was, there would be nobody left to take care of her, to get her help.
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This realization may be a sign of maturity; it may be a calculated response to internal pressure from investors or a strategy to stave off regulation; or it may be a simple defense mechanism, a reaction to being shamed.
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This probably has to do with our meatbag inferiority complex, or a psychic defense mechanism to ward off the knowledge that even though these robots may be falling now, it's only a matter of time before the takeover begins.
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At its annual meeting, the company's boards said the defense mechanism - which is due to expire in December and gives an independent body the right to issue shares to thwart a takeover - could be extended indefinitely, and without investor approval.
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Vultures regurgitate a corrosive vomit as a defense mechanism that can kill bacteria on their legs but also eat away at the metal radio tower, making it unsafe for maintenance workers to climb it and reducing the tower&aposs lifespan.
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The art of the non-answer was undoubtedly developed as a defense mechanism — and it was perfected by Derek Jeter during his tenure with the Yankees — but every now and again players break out of their clichés and actually say something interesting.
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My psychologist back then had told me that the numbness is the body's brilliant self-defense mechanism so as not to bombard itself with a swarm of overwhelming emotions that have been in hiding for the entire duration of the eating disorder.
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Successful hostile takeovers of Dutch companies by foreign buyers are extremely rare, and face an array of difficulties, not least Akzo's constitutional defense mechanism put in place in 1926 which can be activated to repel unwanted takeovers as well as some board changes.
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The irony with which Healy sings "fuck that, get money" as a defense mechanism during the despondent bridge of "Somebody Else" is laid on too thick to go unnoticed, but the crowd chanted it as if it were an actual Drake lyric.
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It looks too serious for how funny it initially is, but that humor is ultimately just as much of a defense mechanism as the brittle fronts put up by its characters, breaking apart and revealing deeper layers as the show tilts into disaster.
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Williams's forthrightness and poise in the role make Jessica's penchant for brutal honesty feel bold and refreshing, rather than like a mean-spirited defense mechanism, and her standup-honed comedic timing brings life to otherwise stale interactions (particularly those between Jessica and her young students).
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In season four, House of Cards' cynicism feels less like a worldview and more like a defense mechanism There are occasional murmurs about how the Underwoods' behavior isn't playing well with the public, but the show's tunnel vision is so acute that it doesn't matter.
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They'll glow in the dark when agitated (it's a defense mechanism, but you're not going to hurt your little friends.) The plankton have a lifespan of a few months, but if you feed them nutrients and keep them in consistent temperatures they'll apparently reproduce indefinitely.
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So I want to talk to you about your ideas behind [the film]… In [it] you speak about cave girls as a defense mechanism against street harassment by men and you fantasize a matriarchal society free of all men in a Stone Age context.
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I spend the hours of 10PM to 12AM scrolling through Twitter on my phone until the tendons in between my thumb and index finger pop and scream, the pain eventually knocking me out, a biological defense mechanism that induces sleep to save the body from total destruction.
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Scientists have known about this systemwide signaling system for quite some time, but the new study, conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and several other institutions, is the first to show this remarkable defense mechanism in action.
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And so, it seems more likely that Trump's wink and a nod to the "higher ends of intelligence" -- smart people, you know what I'm saying [wink, nudge nudge] -- is just a self-defense mechanism for a man who was legitimately surprised (and furious) at the negative reviews his press conference with Putin received.
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To the rest of the world, they see a beautiful young girl who seems very confident, outspoken, has her shit together, and is somewhat detached from her emotions, which I've used as a defense mechanism to keep people away — to not let them see my pain or my weakness, to not be hurt or disappointed by anyone.
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There's plenty of tragic truth to that construct, of course, but in Anne we have a more novel sort of child: one who, helped by her ability to use her imagination as a defense mechanism, remains generally upbeat despite the abuse in her past and the callousness of many of the grown-ups in her present.
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" He explained that he had first started using lowercase titles as a defense mechanism of sorts in his student days, when he was consumed with doubts about whether he could produce works to rival the masterpieces he was studying: "It feels like I'm not trying to say, 'Well, Beethoven did this, and now it's my turn to do that.
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But what is true is that parts of Trumpism are suggestive of where conservative politics is probably going around the Western world, which is in a more nationalistic direction, in a direction that tries to emphasize the national interest and the kind of defense mechanism against both the economic cost and the perceived loss in political agency associated with globalization.
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"Let's not call this a dark side, but: I realize, and I used over and over again, the ability to seduce a room, seduce a group of people, and that it started off when I was very young as a self-defense mechanism but then turned into a manipulative kind of thing, because I didn't realize that I was as good at it as I was," Hanks said.
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