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predator
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any organism that eats another organism (plant or animal etc…)
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prey
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Organism that is injured or killed
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true predator
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kill it and eat it
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parasite
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feed on it, but don’t kill it
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Parasitoids
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insects lay their eggs in hosts (often paralyzed), young hatch, eat host alive
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herbivores
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prey upon innocent plants
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active pursuit
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chase it and kill it
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solo pursuit
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lone predators
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pack pursuit
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group of predators
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ambush predator
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hide, wait for prey to come to you
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warning coloration
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strategy for prey
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coevolution
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Predators coevolve with their prey - thicker the armor, the sharper the claw - the faster the prey, the faster the predator must be
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predator/prey cycles
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Populations of predators and prey settle down into a regular series of cycles
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keystone predators
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Remove the predator, the system crumbles, like removing the keystone from an arch
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