Timeline for If an animal is not a predator (e.g. a herbivore), but has nothing that eats it, what is it called? [duplicate]
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 20:14 | history | closed |
user 66974 Edwin Ashworth ermanen 1006a Nigel J |
Duplicate of Animal with no predators | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 18:15 | comment | added | Lambie | What's an animal that is eaten called? The prey of another animal, right? Those are prey animals. So, the opposite might be: unpreyed-on herbivores. Just a thought. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 17:59 | history | edited | ermanen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 17:42 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | An 'apex predator that is not a predator' is an error in need of editing. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 17:00 | comment | added | Gnawme | I'd call it too big to be eaten. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:55 | answer | added | Nigel J | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:47 | comment | added | English Student | Excellent suggestion @Nigel J: the term "alpha herbivore" is in use, and probably means what OP intended, please see google.co.in/… If you are convinced please consider posting it as an answer. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:43 | comment | added | Nigel J | A herbivore which is not eaten by any predator is not a part of the 'food chain'. It just snacks on vegetation and minds its own business. I would call it an 'alpha herbivore' for want of a better term. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:18 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | The phrase with no natural enemies comes to mind. But it's often applied to “invasive species” that aren't necessarily particularly big, and I assume that OP wouldn't class cane toads, coffee berry borers, etc. as “apex [species]” because they're too small. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:08 | answer | added | English Student | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 15:58 | history | edited | jimm101 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 15:53 | comment | added | Doarn | Isn't "apex predator" a kind of predator? It's like you're asked if there are any squares that are not rectangles - no, there aren't. | |
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 15:41 | history | asked | Anonymous | CC BY-SA 3.0 |