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predationForm 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. predation [prə′dā·shən] (biology) The killing and eating of an individual of one species by an individual of another species. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Scientists from USDA-Agricultural Research Service, the University of Minnesota, Purdue University and the Illinois Natural History Survey combed the countryside in China, South Korea and Japan collecting natural enemies of the aphid. Preventive maintenance is our defense against these natural enemies that never quit. Your barn already houses natural enemies of flies if you don’t kill them off with pesticides. |
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