SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Worm
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The bird and the worm
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Bird
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Neither the bird or the worm
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Detailed explanation-1: -Predator/Prey The organism that eats the prey is called the predator. When a bird eats a worm, the worm is the prey and the bird is the predator. An organism can be both a predator and a prey.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many are predators, swallowing other small animals whole; others feed on single-celled algae. Flukes (certain members of the phylum Platyhelminthes)-Parasitic flatworms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Birds are dangerous predators with the ability to swoop down on unsuspecting animals. They attack reptiles, insects, turtles, worms, and the occasional fruit tree.
Detailed explanation-4: -The best-known examples of predation involve carnivorous interactions, in which one animal consumes another. Think of wolves hunting moose, owls hunting mice, or shrews hunting worms and insects. Less obvious carnivorous interactions involve many small individuals consuming a larger one.