Predation: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	hunting • prey

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Side-by-side illustration comparing an ecosystem before and after the removal of top carnivores. The left panel shows a balanced landscape with wolves, bears, foxes, diverse birds, and a variety of plants, while the right panel shows an ecosystem dominated by large herbivores like elk and deer, fewer predators, reduced plant variety, and less songbird diversity.

Watch: A chameleon's projectile tongue at work

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Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey

How Europe's common chameleon hunts

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