AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -an animal can be both predator and prey. for example: A frog is predator when it eats a insect . if a hawk eats a frog, it becomes its prey.

Detailed explanation-2: -But did you know that many animals are both predators and prey? When a spider is sitting in its web waiting for its insect meal, it is the predator. However, if a lizard’s tongue darts out and catches the spider, the spider becomes the lizar’s prey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of course, some animals can be considered both predators and prey. For example, a spider hunting for insects is a predator. If a lizard eats the spider, though, it becomes prey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some examples of predator and prey are lion and zebra, bear and fish, and fox and rabbit. The words “predator” and “prey” are almost always used to mean only animals that eat animals, but the same concept also applies to plants: Bear and berry, rabbit and lettuce, grasshopper and leaf.

Detailed explanation-5: -Background. Frogs are generalist predators of a wide range of typically small prey items.