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Not unless their prey is vegetation. However, there have been instances where herbivores have become predators: Pika, in herbivores like cows, is a nitrogen deficiency that drives cows to turn to eating meat or eating rabbits to satisfy this nitrogen craving. Icelandic ponies have been reported to have turned to catching fish and eating them, probably due to the same craving for nitrogen.
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What most likely happened to the herbivores and smaller carnivores in those local food change immediately after the predators disappeared?
If all predators disappeared, the number of herbivores and smaller carnivores will increase in number.
What makes up a community in a grassland?
The grasses, insects, and small animals
What most likely happened to the herbivores and smaller carnivores in those local food chains after the predators disappeared?
Their populations increased.
Why predators play an important role in any ecosystem?
Here is a simple but concise answer to your complex question. Ecosystems require carnivores for balance. Without carnivores, plants are are devastated by a surplus of herbivores, and thus cannot survive. This in turn threatens the herbivores with starvation, which is a much more painful death than being preyed upon by carnivores. Essentially, carnivores prevent plants from being wiped out by excessive herbivores, and save said herbivores from starving. By eating them. Sounds harsh, but the alternative is ecological collapse.
What does panda eats?
Giant Pandas have very few predators. Humans are their primary predators, though animals such as leopards are also predators mostly of cubs. The largest threat to them though is not predators, but habitat loss.
Are All Predators Herbivores?
Totally the opposite.HERBIVORES ARE TOTALLY NOT PREDATORS.
Are lions prey or predators of zebras?
Lions (carnivores) are predators of zebras (herbivores).
When is an Arctic Hare considered to be a predator?
they are not predators , they are herbivores.
Are giraffes predators?
Giraffes are herbivores, they do not hunt. They are Prey.
Is crab eater seals carnivore herbivores producers consumers predators?
They are carnivores, consumers, and predators.
Why is a procupine a predator?
Porcupines are classified as herbivores, and therefore are not predators.
Are warthogs predators?
No, they are mainly herbivores but will take carrion as and when available
What animal has a rabbit as a predator?
Rabbits are not predators; they are strictly herbivores.
Are bisons herbovores?
bisons are total herbivores we are their bigges predators.
What most likely happened to the herbivores and smaller carnivores in those local food change immediately after the predators disappeared?
If all predators disappeared, the number of herbivores and smaller carnivores will increase in number.
Does the wild yak hunt?
No. Yaks are herbivores and thus prey animals, not predators. Predators are hunters, not prey animals.
Will the removal predators will have the most immediate impact on a population on producers?
herbivores
