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predator-prey interactions

Predation occurs when one animal (the predator) eats another living animal (the prey) to utilize the energy and nutrients from the body of the prey for growth, maintenance, or reproduction. In the special case in which both predator and prey are from the same species, predation is called cannibalism. Sometimes the prey is actually consumed by the predator's offspring. This is particularly prevalent in the insect world; for example, a wasp may paralyze and lay eggs on a butterfly caterpillar, leaving its offspring to consume the prey. Insect predators that follow this type of lifestyle are called parasitoids, since the offspring grow parasitically on the prey provided by their mother.

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