Predation carnivore examples

Predation carnivore examples range from a pitcher plant in a bog luring insects into their trap to a large blue whale feeding on krill. Carnivore predation happens when an organism consumes any animal prey.

When we think of “predation carnivore examples” we use to think of carnivore predators as lions hunting and eating a gazelle, or a pack of wolves hunting a deer, but carnivory is a broad category. Carnivore predation happens when an organism consumes any animal prey. Carnivore examples range from a pitcher plant in a bog luring insects into their trap to a large blue whale feeding on krill.

For example, Sea slugs such as Nembrotha milleri love eating Ascidian sponges, and yes, sea sponges and sea corals are also invertebrate animals. You have birds such as buzzards that specialize at eating wasp larvae from honeycombs, spiders eating not only insects but snakes, lizards, and frogs, and even huge centipedes from Phillip Island eating among other animals, petrel nestlings.

Small insects fall victim to the sticky glands of sundew carnivore plants, and even tomatoes are thought to be passive carnivorous plants since they absorb decomposing insects that fall to their base. Just because you are not a typical predator such as a feline, a canid, or a big reptile, that does not mean you are not a carnivore. Any animal prey counts to get into the category; invertebrate such as insects, crustaceans, sponges, jellyfish, or vertebrates such as mammals, reptiles, or amphibians.

You can find all these examples and more at speciesconnect.com by searching for Cases and filtering for Predation-Carnivory or you can explore hundreds of carnivory predator-prey interactions by exploring by Interactions and filtering for Predation-Carnivory.