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Predation

Predation

(Science: zoology) A type of organism interaction where one species feeds on another species (or rarely, on a member of the same species).

In general, the predator species that does the feeding benefits from this relationship, while the prey species which gets eaten is harmed by the relationship. An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding.The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey.Pertaining to the actions of a predator on prey. which is known as the predator-prey interaction


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