PREDATION

PREDATION

Consumers that actively hunt other organism are called predation. The organism upon which a predator feeds is called prey. A frogs that eat an insect is a predator. The insect is the prey. The frog itself is prey to other organism such as snake and storks. The predator in turn are prey to larger carnivores. The size of predator and prey population are closely linked. A large prey population supports more predator. If a prey population grows or shrinks, the number of predator may also change as well.

Predation