NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carnivores that have no natural predators are known as apex predators; they occupy the top of the food chain. Not all carnivores are predators. Some carnivores, known as scavengers, feed on the carcasses of already-dead animals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) This makes the brown bear one of the largest land predators in the world, and a pure apex predator. They are omnivorous, happy to hunt or scavenge for a meal. A typical brown bear diet consists of fruit, honey, insects, crabs, salmon, birds, eggs, rodents, squirrels, deer elk, and wild boar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Killer whales are apex predators of the seas and there are cases of killer whales attacking and killing the other great predator of the sea, the great white shark. Herbivores are not called apex predators even if they are prey to no natural predators themself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Predators at the top of the food chain tend to be the biggest animals in it. These are sometimes called apex (meaning ‘at the top’) predators. Usually nothing else eats them.