PREDATION

IN THIS RELATIONSHIP THE PREY IS KILLED BY ONE ANIMAL AND EATEN BY ANOTHER, THE PREDATOR. A PREDATOR IS A FREE LIVING ANIMAL USUALLY LARGER THAN ITS PREY. PREDATORS ARE MOSTLY CARNIVORES. HERBIVORES ANIMALS THAT EAT PLANTS OR SEEDS OF PLANTS ARE ALSO IN A WAY PREDATORS BECAUSE THEY REMOVE INDIVIDUALS  FROM THE POPULATION. SOME PLANTS PREDATORS ARE CALLED CARNIVORES OR INSECTIVOROUS, FOR EXAMPLE UTRICULARIA, DIONAEA, ETC. SOME PREDATORS FUNCTION AS PREYS FOR OTHERS, EXAMPLE FROG THAT FEEDS ON INSECTS IS A PREY FOR AN EAGLE OR A PEACOCK. IN NATURE THE POPULATION OF PREDATORS IS QUITE SMALL AND THAT OF PREY IS MUCH LARGER SO THAT THE LATTER IS NEVER ELIMINATED COMPLETELY.