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  2. Apex predator - Wikipedia

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    Humans sometimes live by hunting other animals for food and materials such as fur, sinew, and bone, as in this walrus hunt in the Arctic, but humans' status as apex predators is debated. Ecologists have debated whether humans are apex predators. For instance, Sylvain Bonhommeau and colleagues argued in 2013 that across the global food web, a ...

  3. Upland hunting - Wikipedia

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    Upland hunters use all types of shotguns from break-action single-shots to semi-automatics, calibered from .410 bore through to 12-gauge.The quintessential shotgun for upland hunting is a double-barrel shotgun in a smaller gauge such as a 16-, 20-or 28-gauge, using small round pellets known as birdshots, which are also commonly used in duck hunting.

  4. Hunting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    North American hunting pre-dates the United States by thousands of years and was an important part of many pre-Columbian Native American cultures. Native Americans retain some hunting rights and are exempt from some laws as part of Indian treaties and otherwise under federal law [1] —examples include eagle feather laws and exemptions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

  5. Ambush predator - Wikipedia

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    A camouflaged female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) ambushing the female of a pair of mating flies. Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies utilizing an element of surprise.

  6. Hunting success - Wikipedia

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    A chameleon successfully capturing prey with its tongue. In ecology, hunting success is the proportion of hunts initiated by a predatory organism that end in success. Hunting success is determined by a number of factors such as the features of the predator, timing, different age classes, conditions for hunting, experience, and physical capabilities.

  7. Navy wife goes viral for surprising husband with hunting trip ...

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    A woman in Kentucky surprised her Navy husband with a special military homecoming by gifting him a five-day duck hunting trip in Kansas with his best friends ahead of Christmas.

  8. Persistence hunting - Wikipedia

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    Persistence hunting can be done by walking, but with a 30 to 74% lower rate of success than by running or intermittent running. Furthermore, while needing 10 to 30% less energy, it takes twice as long. Walking down prey, however, might have arisen in Homo erectus, preceding endurance running. [12]

  9. Mesopredator - Wikipedia

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    When apex predator populations decline, mesopredators can access hunting and den areas once controlled by the apex predators, essentially assuming the role of an apex predator. [2] However, mesopredators often occupy different ecological niches than the former apex predator and will have different effects on the structure and stability of the ...

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