Predation is an interaction between two organisms in which one of them, the predator, derives nutrition by killing and eating the other, the prey. Obvious examples include lions feeding on zebras and hawks eating rodents, but predation is not limited to interactions among animals. Birds that feed on seeds are legitimate predators since they are killing individual organisms (embryonic plants) to derive energy. There are a number of species of carnivorous plants, such as sundews and pitcher... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2023. 3p.