Refers to the act of killing by predators for food Predation usually is used to refer to predators killing normal prey species, whereas killing of domestic animals is referred to as depredation
The interaction between POPULATIONS in which one ORGANISM (the predator) consumes another (the prey) Typically, the predator catches, kills and eats its prey but predation is also used to describe feeding by INSECTIVOROUS plants and even grazing by HERBIVORES
when an animal kills and eats another animal. Form of food getting in which one animal, the predator, eats an animal of another species, the prey, immediately after killing it or, in some cases, while it is still alive. Most predators are generalists; they eat a variety of prey species. Specialist predators, such as anteaters, eat only one or a few prey species. Cannibalism is a type of predation in which an animal eats another of its own species. Seed consumption is also considered predation because the entire living embryo of a plant is destroyed
An interaction between organisms in which one benefits and one is harmed based on the ingestion of the smaller sized organism, the prey, by the larger organism, the predator
{i} style of life in which food is obtained mainly by the killing and eating of animals; predatory behavior; depredation; act of robbing and destroying; robbery; practice of using low pricing to put a competitor out of business with the intention of raising prices to attain monopoly profits once the competitor is gone (Economics)