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Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: micro01 on Oct 15, 2012
Yes? No? How come?


Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: orangelollipop on Oct 15, 2012
i think not, cows dont chase their grass XD


Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: ohemgeeitseri on Oct 15, 2012
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Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: juiewolfe5 on Oct 15, 2012
YES. Predation is defined as one species consuming another species at the cost of the life of the consumed species. Cow eats grass. Grass dies. so yes.


Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: micro on Oct 15, 2012
Jack
No we can't say that reasons:
1.An organism which takes other live organisms as its food and thereby removes the prey individuals from a population.
2. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms by completely killing it .
3. Predator is One that victimizes, plunders, or destroys, especially for one's own gain.
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Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: NWCH on Oct 15, 2012
Sounds like Dr amon just contradicted himself to me .....i would say by those 3 it would be predation


Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: nyce on Oct 15, 2012
John i don't think Dr. Aman contradicted himself the cows eat the grass but it doesn't die the don't pull the roots out so the grass still lives like when you mow you lawn


Title: Is a cow eating grass an example of predation?
Post by: ogretaffy on Oct 15, 2012
A predator is a kind of animal that hunts, catches and eats other animals. For example, a spider eating a fly caught at its web is a predator, or a pack of lions eating a buffalo. The animals that the predator hunts is usually called prey.

Predators are usually defined as animals that eat other animals. But to some scientists, the word predator means an animal or any living organism that eats anything. A cow eating grass will be a predator of that grass. Plants are not predators because they make their own food.