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predation (s) (noun), predations (pl)
1. The killing and eating of an animal of one species by an individual of the same or different species.
2. The interaction between populations in which one organism (the predator) consumes another (the prey).

Typically, the predator catches, kills and eats its prey but predation is also used to describe feeding by insectivorous plants and even grazing by herbivores.

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predation pressure
The effect that a predator's consumption has on a prey population.
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group predation
The hunting and retrieving of living prey by groups of cooperating animals.

A behavior pattern best developed in army ants.

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