NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Predators are organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food. The organisms that are consumed by the predators are known as the prey. Predators can be carnivores and omnivores. Lions, tigers, sharks, and snakes, all are predators.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organism which hunts is called the predator and the other organism which is killed for food is called the prey. Some common examples of predation are a lion hunting, killing and eating a buffalo, a snake swallowing a frog and a polar bear killing and eating a seal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animals that are carnivores (and some omnivores) must hunt their food. These hunters are called predators, and the animals or insects they hunt are called prey.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four commonly recognized types of predation: (1) carnivory, (2) herbivory, (3) parasitism, and (4) mutualism. Each type of predation can by categorized based on whether or not it results in the death of the prey.

Detailed explanation-5: -Weasels, hawks, wolves, mountain lions, and grizzly bears are all predators. Predators are carnivores, which means their diet consists of meat. Some predators, such as coyotes and bears, are also scavengers, meaning they will eat the carcasses of animals that they didn’t hunt themselves.