what is a predator?

Question

while watching the hunting channel I see, "Predators", but what really is a predator, We are using that word to describe every imaginable human tendency.

Answer 1

Someone or something to preys on someone or something else

Answer 2

A predator is an animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms, called prey, for food in an act called predation.

Predators are either carnivores or omnivores. Parasites may also consume other animals in part. Unlike in predators, for whom killing prey is necessary in order to consume it, it is usually undesirable for a parasite to kill its host, on or in which it lives.

Herbivores also consume other species, generally only in part, leaving the organism alive. However, where the prey consists of single-celled algae, the activities of the herbivorous grazer is generally of the same nature as that of a carnivore. As often in ecology there is seldom consensus on the distinctions; some ecologists prefer functional definitions like the one outlined above, others rather look at the ecological dynamics the relationships between the species create. The Lotka-Volterra equations describe a simple mathematical model of the interaction between predators and their prey.

Answer 3

Simply put. a predator is a hunter. With animals, a predator is one notch up in the food chain-the one you hide from. With people, the predator is the one who seeks to do harm. A stalker is a predator. A rapist is a predator. A robber is a predator. One who preys on another is a predator.

Answer 4

I feel the predator might win, as it is an sensible lifestyles type, while the alien appears to be only a brutish monster. In the film, the predators used the extraterrestrial beings as a few form of looking sport..

Answer 5

Predator is a word that has several different meanings. It means that one organism, or animal, takes advantage of another one by hunting it down and eating it. Thus, when an adult hunts a child down and tries to take advantage of that child sexually, we call him a predator, also.

Answer 6

I would have say a good definition of a predator when talking about animals is any animal that eats other animals for food. All carnivours are preditors. If you are talking about people, then it's a person who uses someone else to satisfy some desire such as a rapist or a child pornographer.

Answer 7

No its usuallly used for the animal kingdom, but as you know some people behave like animals.

They prey on vunerable people such as kids and old people.

They are not brave enough to tackle someone who can fight back.

Answer 8

a predator preys on someone or something else for whatever reason.

Answer 9

they are the ones that prey on the prey hence they are predators

Answer 10

one who hunts another, for food, to sustain life