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The hunter and the hunted!!!!
(Crab spider hunting a giant honey bee)
It was early evening and here\'s this bee foraging on a marigold plant, totally unaware of the ambush predator lying in wait.
A venomous bite and it\'s all over.
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it.
Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell.
Predation has a powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey develop antipredator adaptations such as warning coloration, alarm calls and other signals, camouflage, mimicry of well-defended species, and defensive spines and chemicals.
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