why hyenas eat prey alive?
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Why do hyenas like to eat their prey alive? ... It may be that because hyenas have blunt claws and aren't as good at jumping they can't really sink their claws into an animal's back and tackle it the way felines can, and it's harder to hold it down while one of them actually gets the killing bite on its neck.
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Devils can eat dead human flesh or carrion if they find one but they do not take on living humans. According to some people, Tasmanian devils eat people when they walk into the bush.
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Omnivores have very distinctive teeth that help with the digestion of their varied diets. They often have long, sharp, pointed teeth to rip and cut meat and flat molars to crush plant material.
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Predators are animals that hunt and kill other animals for food. Both carnivores and omnivores can be predators. The other classification of carnivores and omnivores is scavengers, which means they feed off of animals that are already dead. Predators include lions, sharks and eagles.
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Due to their small size, honey bees have a number of predators in their natural environment. Birds, small mammals, reptiles and other insects are known to prey on the honey bee and larger mammals such as bears are notorious for destroying the hive of the honey bees in order to eat the honey inside.
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Diet and Nutrition Aye-ayes are omnivorous and eat other animals and vegetation, including a variety of fruits, nectar, seeds, larvae, insects and eggs.
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Vaquitas exist as both predator and prey in their natural habitat. Preyed upon by members of the shark family, Vaquitas serve as important food sources for top predators. Conversely, they feed on species below them on the food chain—like small fish, squid, and crustaceans-- and help keep those populations in check.
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In general, meat-eating carnivores have teeth for tearing and skulls capable of biting with great force, while the plant-eating herbivores have teeth and skulls equipped to grind tough vegetation. Omnivores, which eat both plants and animals, have skulls and dentition suitable for a wide range of foods.
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Critical to the food chain, wolves are apex predators (i.e. at the top of the chain) and help create balance in their ecosystems by mainly eating old, sick, or weak prey. Wolves have been known to "wolf" down their food and can eat up to 20 pounds of meat in one sitting.
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Mostly, animals get eaten by lions, not the other way around. ... Lions have almost no predators. However, old, sick lions are sometimes attacked, killed and eaten by hyenas. And very young lions can be killed by hyenas, leopards and other predators when they are not being watched carefully by their mothers.
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Tasmanian devils are strictly carnivorous, surviving on small prey such as frogs, birds, fish, and insects. They prefer scavanging to hunting and frequently feast communally on carrion. They are at their most rowdy when jockeying for position on a large carcass.
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What characteristics cause hyenas and lions to come into conflict? Hyenas and lions cover the same ground, hunt the same prey, and scavenge the same remains of animals. Consequently they steal food from each other, chase each other, and even kill each other's young.
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Lions are what are called “top level predators” and are not preyed on by other animals. However, lions have numerous enemies including elephants, buffalo, hyena, hippos, crocodiles, apes and humans.
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Field studies by Dr. Flip Stander have shown that the lions of the Namib, which live mostly at the northern edge of the desert, can survive in extreme conditions, feeding on gemsbok, ostriches, and seals captured along the Skeleton Coast. They breed rapidly and quickly spread into new, suitable, habitats.
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Elephants generally do not have predators (animals that eat them) due to their massive size. Newborn elephants are however vulnerable to attacks from lions, tigers, and hyenas.
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This is why vultures are often seen with other carrion-eating animals such as hyenas, coyotes, and eagles.
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Giraffes eat trees and bushes for food, and lions eat giraffes. Each link in a food chain is food for the next link. Food chains always start with plants and end with animals. Plants are at the bottom of the food chain.