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  2. Apex predator - Wikipedia

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    An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator [a] at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics , meaning that they occupy the highest trophic levels .

  3. Category:Apex predators - Wikipedia

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  4. William J. Ripple - Wikipedia

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    William J. Ripple is a professor of ecology at Oregon State University in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. He is best known for his research on terrestrial trophic cascades, particularly the role of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in North America as an apex predator and a keystone species that shapes food webs and landscape structures via “top-down” pressures.

  5. 41 ‘apex predators’ — that eat venomous snakes - AOL

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    The threatened creatures are a keystone species in north Florida, wildlife experts said. 41 ‘apex predators’ — that eat venomous snakes — released in north Florida. Here’s why.

  6. List of largest land carnivorans - Wikipedia

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    Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range

  7. Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected ...

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    “They are the only group of birds that achieved the role of terrestrial apex predators, evolving species that basically conquered South America during the Miocene (about 23.03 million to 5.33 ...

  8. Prehistoric Predators - Wikipedia

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    Prehistoric Predators is a 2007 National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon.The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to extinction.

  9. Bone bite marks reveal dinosaur predator-prey dynamics - AOL

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    On the perilous Jurassic Period landscape of western North America, it was good to be big. Paleontologists have conducted a study scrutinizing bite marks left by meat-eating dinosaurs on the bones ...