- An apex predator, also
known as a top
predator or superpredator, is a
predator at the top of a food chain,
without natural predators of its own. Apex predators...
- The
local macropredator Hatzegopteryx hunting the
herbivore Zalmoxes...
- Thylophorops, the
largest known opossum at 4–7 kg (8.8–15.4 lb), was a
macropredator. Most
opossums are scansorial, well-adapted to life in the
trees or...
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considered both the
largest marine reptile ever
discovered and the
largest macropredator ever discovered. The
Lilstock specimen was
estimated to be
around 26...
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considered both the
largest marine reptile ever
discovered and the
largest macropredator ever discovered. The
Lilstock specimen was
estimated to be
around 26...
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temperature than the
surrounding waters.
Members of the
group include macropredators,
generally of medium-large size,
including the
largest macropredatory...
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oxygen isotopic data and the need for
higher burst swimming speeds in
macropredators of
endothermic prey than
ectothermy would allow,
imply that otodontids...
- lifestyles, with some
species being filter feeders and
others being macropredators. For over a century,
these animals were only
known because of their...
-
unusual self-directed behavior.
Manta rays are
filter feeders as well as
macropredators. On the surface, they
consume large quantities of
zooplankton in the...
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other conodonts. All of
these factors suggest that this
genus was a
macropredator,
occupying a high
trophic level within its environment, a lifestyle...
