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the universe's quality control, ensuring the slow and the dumb don't get to reproduce.
means An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms — or, by extension, a person who ruthlessly exploits others.
from From Latin praedator, 'a plunderer, robber, pillager,' built on praeda, meaning 'booty' or 'prey' — the spoils a hunter or raider carries off. So at its root, a predator is simply one who takes what it catches, whether that catch is a gazelle or a bank vault.
- front-facing eyes
- Predators face forward; prey eyes sit on the sides
- orca terror
- Great white sharks flee waters where orcas hunt
- dragonfly kill rate
- Catches prey on 95 percent of attempts
- keystone effect
- Removing top predators collapses entire ecosystems below
- silent owls
- Wing feathers muffle flight to near-total silence
great white shark — apex marine predator that can reach 20 feet long and hunt seals off south africa
african lion — apex terrestrial predator hunting zebras and wildebeest across the serengeti
peregrine falcon — fastest animal on earth at 240+ mph, hunts pigeons and small birds in cities worldwide