: a predator at the top of a food chain, not hunted by any other animal, but whose numbers have been decimated by fishermen elsewhere.— 19th
What does Apex Predator mean?
: a predator at the top of a food chain, not hunted by any other animal, but whose numbers have been decimated by fishermen elsewhere.— 19th
Which animal is an apex predator?
In science, an apex predator is a predator that is at the top of the food chain. Unlike some other predators, it never attacked itself. Examples are polar bears, lions, crocodiles and killer whales.
Are humans apex predators?
“Humans are perhaps unique among top predators in their ability to affect ecosystems by simultaneously directly reducing populations of large carnivores, mesopredators, and herbivores, and influencing their behavior by creating a landscape of fear for all three trophic levels,” write Dorresteijn et al. (2015: 6).
