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Biological interaction
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. The predator-prey relationship is
Predation
Hunting strategy by some predators
predation is a form of predation in which predators actively give chase to their prey, either solitarily or as a group. It is an alternate predation strategy
Pursuit_predation
Feeding strategy for many animals
Egg predation or ovivory is a carnivorous feeding strategy in many groups of animals (ovivores) in which they consume eggs. Since a fertilized egg represents
Egg_predation
Killing and sometimes eating of potential competitors
Intraguild predation, or IGP, is the killing and sometimes eating of a potential competitor of a different species. This interaction represents a combination
Intraguild_predation
Feeding mainly on seeds
Look up granivore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seed predation, often also called granivory, is a type of plant-animal interaction in which animals
Seed_predation
Domain of microorganisms
1023/A:1020546130033. PMID 12448714. Bauer A, Forchhammer K (May 2021). "Bacterial Predation on Cyanobacteria". Microbial Physiology. 31 (2): 99–108. doi:10.1159/000516427
Bacteria
Consideration of predation as a moral problem
The predation problem or predation argument concerns whether the harms experienced by animals through predation should be treated as a moral problem,
Predation_problem
Along with parasites and disease, predation is a threat to sheep health and therefore to the profitability of sheep farming. Sheep have very little ability
Domestic_sheep_predation
Biology term
The term predation rate refers to the frequency with which an organism captures and consumes its prey in an ecosystem. Coupled with the kill rate, the
Predation_rates
Person obtaining sexual contact with another person
A sexual predator is a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" or abusive manner
Sexual_predator
Interspecies animal behavior
Cat predation on wildlife is the result of the natural instincts and behavior of feral and owned house cats to hunt small prey, including wildlife. Some
Cat_predation_on_wildlife
Defensive feature of prey for selective advantage
spines, and by living in a group. Members of groups are at reduced risk of predation, despite the increased conspicuousness of a group, through improved vigilance
Anti-predator_adaptation
Type of predatory animal
A pack hunter or social predator is a predatory animal which hunts its prey by working together with other members of its species. When hunting cooperation
Pack_hunter
Type of interaction between species
host's body; an ectoparasite lives outside, on the host's surface. Like predation, parasitism is a type of consumer–resource interaction, but unlike predators
Parasitism
Species of tropical fish
preferred in high-predation regions, but not in low-predation regions. When guppies with a high tendency to shoal were isolated from high-predation regions and
Guppy
Significance of the peppered moth in evolutionary biology
emissions, and the trees became darkened. This led to an increase in bird predation for light-coloured moths, as they no longer blended in as well in their
Peppered_moth_evolution
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
(mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) as food, whether through predation or scavenging. The technical term for mammals in the order Carnivora is
Carnivore
Eating members of one's own species
more vulnerable prey. However, the time necessitated by such selective predation could result in a failure to meet the predator's self-set nutritional
Cannibalism
Autonomous feeding of animals
Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder
Aquatic_feeding_mechanisms
Type of herbivory
populations of herbivores exceed historic levels due to reduced hunting or predation pressure. For example, carnivores declined in North America throughout
Browsing_(herbivory)
Form of child abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a form of child abuse defined as any act that involves a child in, or exposes a child to, any type of sexual activity that
Child_sexual_abuse
Wild cat species native to the Americas
February 2, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2026. "Cougar Predation – Description". Procedures for Evaluating Predation on Livestock and Wildlife. Archived from the
Cougar
Species of true bug
improve their ability to attach to substrates and increase predation success per predation attempt. Adult and nymph Z. renardii are zoophagous generalist
Zelus_renardii
Predator that hunts by surprise, as opposed to those that chase
sticky tongues of chameleons to the expanding mouths of frogfishes. Ambush predation is widely distributed in the animal kingdom, spanning some members of
Ambush_predator
Plants that consume animals
Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder
Carnivorous_plant
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
530F. doi:10.1111/jse.12916. Forget, Pierre-Michel (2005). Seed fate: predation, dispersal, and seedling establishment. CABI Pub. ISBN 0-85199-806-2.
Flower
Animal that feeds on carrion, dead plants, or refuse
carrion, the bodies of animals that have died from causes other than predation or the bodies of animals that have been killed by other predators. However
Scavenger
Species of owl
Breeding success in this species is correlated with prey populations and predation risks. Unlike many owls, long-eared owls are not strongly territorial
Long-eared_owl
Hunting until the prey animal can no longer flee
as endurance hunting or long-distance hunting, is a variant of pursuit predation in which a predator will bring down a prey item via indirect means, such
Persistence_hunting
Eye-like marking used for mimicry or distraction
Notch signaling pathway. Artificial eyespots have been shown to reduce predation of cattle by lions.[citation needed] The eye-like markings in some butterflies
Eyespot_(mimicry)
Species of large cat
Karanth, K. U. & Sunquist, M. E. (2000). "Behavioural correlates of predation by tiger (Panthera tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus) and dhole (Cuon
Tiger
Behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping during the night
as the temperature, the ability to gather food by sight, the risk of predation, and the time of year. Diurnality is a cycle of activity within a 24-hour
Diurnality
Animals with more than 70% meat in their diets
animal that has a diet that is more than 70% meat, either via active predation or by scavenging. The remaining non-meat diet may consist of non-animal
Hypercarnivore
Evolutionary arms race
(MMR) refers to the increase in shell-crushing (durophagous) and boring predation in shallow-sea (neritic) and some deep-sea marine organisms throughout
Mesozoic_marine_revolution
Parasitic flatworm
green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host. These broodsacs visually imitate caterpillars
Leucochloridium_paradoxum
Family of gastropods
prey on the soldier crab Mictyris longicarpus (Crustacea) by drilling predation. To catch soldier crabs, C. sordidum uses the same behaviour as when hunting
Naticidae
Person who commits child sexual abuse via the Internet
sites, cell phones, and even video game consoles have issues with online predations. These online areas attract predators because they allow them to have
Online_predator
Species of rodent
The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only
European_water_vole
Species of bird
sharp-shinned hawks but instances of predation on immature sharp-shins were three times more prevalent than predations on immature Cooper's. Despite the
Cooper's_hawk
Associated populations of species in a given area
plant at all. Predation may affect the population size of predators and prey and the number of species coexisting in a community. Predation can be specialist
Community_(ecology)
Bird of prey species of North America
birds were innocent of most of these alleged acts of predation (lamb predation is rare, human predation is thought to be non-existent). Illegal shooting was
Bald_eagle
Species of bear
gray wolf pack, adult black bears are not usually subject to natural predation. Scats with fur inside of them and a carcass of an adult sow with puncture
American_black_bear
Fish farming and harvesting under controlled conditions
and parasites are normally at low levels, and kept in check by natural predation on weakened individuals. In crowded net pens, they can become epidemics
Aquaculture_of_salmonids
Species of bird from Guam
breeding program following its extinction in the wild due primarily to predation by the introduced brown tree snake. In the indigenous Chamorro language
Guam_kingfisher
Largest living species of dolphin
which have been recorded to mob and chase them. Nevertheless, possible predation on long-finned pilot whales has been recorded in Iceland, and one study
Orca
and small or young dogs (Canis familiaris) have been preyed on as well. Predation on felid is uncommon though eagle-owls are known to prey on domestic cats
Dietary biology of the Eurasian eagle-owl
Dietary_biology_of_the_Eurasian_eagle-owl
Species of ground shark
well as rays, and even sometimes other tiger sharks. Due to high risk of predation, dolphins often avoid regions inhabited by tiger sharks. Injured or ailing
Tiger_shark
Species of beetle
at the Wayback Machine Loughridge, A. H.; Luff, M. L. (1983). "Aphid Predation by Harpalus rufipes (Degeer) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Laboratory
Harpalus_rufipes
Species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish
still die. In nature, most Turritopsis dohrnii are likely to succumb to predation or disease in the medusa stage without reverting to the polyp form. The
Turritopsis_dohrnii
Species of carnivore
trickster figure. Despite ongoing conflict with humans due to livestock predation, its populations remain stable thanks to its resilience and adaptability
Black-backed_jackal
Symbiotic phenomenon
biological interaction where an organism that is typically prey in the predation interaction instead acts as the predator. A variety of interactions are
Predator–prey_reversal
Animal that can eat and survive on both plants and animals
Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder
Omnivore
Animal that feeds on decomposing plant and animal parts as well as faeces
behaviours Carnivores adult Arachnophagy Avivore Corallivore Durophagy Egg predation Entomophagy Hematophagy Insectivore Lepidophagy Man-eating animal Molluscivore
Detritivore
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively plant material
increase survival and/or reproduction (fitness) of plants under pressure of predation from herbivores. Defense can be divided into two main categories, tolerance
Herbivore
services (such as more explicit images of the victim, in cases of online predation), threatening to publicly release the video and send it to family members
Internet_safety
Species of starfish
skin of humans. Saponins have an unpleasant taste. A study to test the predation rate on juvenile Acanthaster spp. by appropriate fish species found that
Crown-of-thorns_starfish
Aspect of natural behavior
theory states that individuals within a population attempt to reduce their predation risk by putting other conspecifics between themselves and predators. A
Selfish_herd_theory
Superfamily of insects
timing and synchronization of their emergence may reduce cicada losses to predation by making them less reliable prey and by overwhelming predators with sheer
Cicada
Place where an organism is protected from predation
is a concept in ecology, in which an organism obtains protection from predation by hiding in an area where it is inaccessible or cannot easily be found
Refuge_(ecology)
Practice of animals eating their own mating partners
ISSN 1465-7279. Polis, G A (1981). "The Evolution and Dynamics of Intraspecific Predation". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 12 (1): 225–251. Bibcode:1981AnRES
Sexual_cannibalism
Species of praying mantis
female mantis implements ambush predation to allow it to hunt larger pollinating insects. An example of this ambush predation is the orchid mantis's ability
Hymenopus_coronatus
Largest species of rodents
wild capybaras usually do not live longer than four years because of predation from South American cats such as jaguars, ocelots and cougars and from
Capybara
Species of mammal
The Cape bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), also known as imbabala and southern bushbuck, is a common, medium-sized bushland-dwelling, and a widespread
Cape_bushbuck
Species of bird
presumably predate on the grosbeak. However, no data currently exists about predation's effects on the population; further research is needed to assess whether
São_Tomé_grosbeak
Type of social group in some animals
usually called packs, and in nature a herd is classically subject to predation from pack hunters. Special collective nouns may be used for particular
Herd
French breed of dog
particularly in the French Alps and the Pyrenees, protecting flocks from predation by wolves and bears. In the US, it is also used to protect flocks from
Pyrenean_Mountain_Dog
Largest extant species of bony fish
juveniles due to predators. There have been few reports on predation of Mola species however, predation by fish are from families Scombridae, Carangidae, Coryphaenidae
Giant_sunfish
Natural collagen casing found encompassing some aquatic lifeforms' fertilized eggs
environments. Predation on egg cases is thought to be a major source of mortality for developing oviparous sharks, skates and chimaeras. In general, predation is
Egg_case_(Chondrichthyes)
Item put around the neck of a cat
Atlantic showed that cats wearing anti-predation collars killed 19 times fewer birds than cats without anti-predation collars. As of 2021, there is ongoing
Cat_collar
Irregular organismal activity pattern
crepuscular, often driven by factors that include the availability of food, predation pressure, and variable ambient temperature. Although cathemerality is
Cathemerality
Species of fish
predictions, they exhibited this behavior in low predation scenarios, forest stream habitats in low predation, and more open stream habitats. They did not
Dermogenys_collettei
Effect that organisms have on other organisms
interaction is important.[citation needed] Short-term interactions, including predation and pollination, are extremely important in ecology and evolution. These
Biological_interaction
Tendency for deep-sea species to be larger than their shallower-water relatives
include necessary adaptation to colder temperature, food scarcity, reduced predation pressure and increased dissolved oxygen concentrations in the deep sea
Deep-sea_gigantism
Subspecies of moth (gypsy moth)
population dynamics of the moth. On the other hand, avian predation and invertebrate predation show only small effects on population dynamics. The white-footed
Lymantria_dispar_dispar
Species of bird
vulnerable to attacks and predation by large snakes and other natural predators. In manipulated groups of smaller size, around 6, predation was less likely to
Guianan_cock-of-the-rock
Number of bird eggs laid in one brood
compared to regions near the poles gave rise to the Nest Predation Hypothesis. High rates of nest predation may select for smaller clutches to reduce the parental
Avian_clutch_size
Aspect of animal behaviour and morphology
avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be part of a predation strategy or an antipredator adaptation. Methods include camouflage, nocturnality
Crypsis
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up predator or predation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A predator is an organism (usually an animal) that kills other organism (usually another
Predator_(disambiguation)
Theory
latitudes possibly exhibiting higher recognition rates due to greater predation pressure and biodiversity. Taxonomic specificity: Recognition of introduced
Prey_naiveté
Species of reptile
for at least 360 other animal species. G. polyphemus is threatened by predation and habitat destruction. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists
Gopher_tortoise
Consumption of a mother by her offspring
during colder temperatures. This is mainly for the purpose of avoiding predation and maximizing their offspring's survival, since females are unable to
Matriphagy
Species of zebra
The loss of open grasslands due to woody plant encroachment increases predation risk and therewith habitat. Plains zebra are listed as near threatened
Plains_zebra
Study of organisms and their environment
successional development of ecosystems; cooperation, competition, and predation within and between species; and patterns of biodiversity and its effect
Ecology
Species of Old World monkey
baboons as their main prey, comprising 44% of 118 kills. Less routine predation on chacma baboons has been reportedly committed by lions, spotted hyena
Chacma_baboon
Equations modelling predator–prey cycles
unless subject to predation; this exponential growth is represented in the equation above by the term αx. The rate of predation on the prey is assumed
Lotka–Volterra_equations
1996 film directed by Gregory Hoblit
accuses him of concealing previous evidence of the archbishop's sexual predation, and being complicit in Piñero's death. The judge intervenes and fines
Primal_Fear_(film)
Organism which eats insects
Plastivore Pica Methods Predation Ambush predator Apex predator Egg predator Intraguild predator Pursuit predator Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder
Insectivore
The predation risk allocation hypothesis attempts to explain how and why animals' behaviour and foraging strategies differ in various predatory situations
Predation risk allocation hypothesis
Predation_risk_allocation_hypothesis
Family of birds
aeruginosus complex) or Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus). Predation by Crocodylus crocodiles has also been noted. But many would-be predators
Darter
Largest species of toothed whale
Pitman RL, Ballance LT, Mesnick SI, Chivers SJ (2001). "Killer whale predation on sperm whales: Observations and implications". Marine Mammal Science
Sperm_whale
Species of lizard
avoid agricultural landscapes and edge habitat due to the high rates of predation. Hutchinson, Mark; Sistrom, Mark; Donnellan, Stephan; Hutchinson, Rhonda
Gehyra_versicolor
attack on a living target, i.e. the tyrannosaur had attempted active predation; however, the damage is ambiguous and not directly attributable to Tyrannosaurus
Feeding behavior of Tyrannosaurus
Feeding_behavior_of_Tyrannosaurus
reproductive payoff, e, for consuming prey, and die at rate u. Making predation pressure a function of the ratio of prey to predators contrasts with the
Arditi–Ginzburg_equations
Species of fish
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed
Yellowfin_tuna
Extinct species of hominin of South Africa
indicated by higher male mortality rates and assumed increased risk of predation to solitary individuals. P. robustus contended with sabertooth cats, leopards
Paranthropus_robustus
Species of bird
is susceptible to external and internal parasites and is vulnerable to predation by cats and birds of prey. The song thrush was described by German ornithologist
Song_thrush
Species of spider
spiders and smaller females are at greater risk of predation by wasps. Males are located for predation by wasps more frequently than females. There are
Zygiella_x-notata
Species of canine
North America. However, deliberate human persecution because of livestock predation and fear of attacks on humans has reduced the wolf's range to about one-third
Wolf
Species of amphibian
threat to the frogs than predation. As adults, they use their diminutive size and color-changing ability to avoid predation. Males may also conceal their
Squirrel_tree_frog
Parasitic creature
capable of altering the behavior of the intermediate host to make such predation more likely; a mechanism that has been called parasite increased trophic
Behavior-altering_parasite
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Boy/Male
Indian
Chosen
Boy/Male
Hindu
Like a God
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English
Nobleman; Chief; Leader; Prince; Warrior
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
A Garnet; Ruby; A Precious Stone
Boy/Male
British, English
An Ant
Girl/Female
Tamil
Night, Flower
Boy/Male
British, English
A Pearl
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of the sage
Female
French
French Provençal name, probably derived from the word mirar, MIREIO means "to admire."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Well Born
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n.
The act of pillaging.