NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An apex predator, also known as a top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Predators are usually carnivores (meat-eaters) or omnivores (eats plants and other animals). Predators will hunt other animals for food. Examples of predators are hawks, eagles, falcons, cats, crocodiles, snakes, raptors, wolves, killer whales, lobsters, lions, and sharks. Predators mostly do not eat other predators.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many carnivores eat herbivores. Some eat omnivores, and some eat other carnivores. Carnivores that consume other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Killer whales, or orcas, are a classic example of tertiary consumers.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. Vultures, for example, are scavengers.