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Story: In an ecosystem, predation is a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked). Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation often results in the death of the prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption. Thus predation is often, though not always, carnivory. Other categories of consumption are herbivory (eating parts of plants), fungivory (eating parts of fungi), and detritivory (the consumption of dead organic material (detritus)). All these consumption categories fall under the rubric of consumer-resource systems. It can often be difficult to separate various types of feeding behaviors. For example, some parasitic species prey on a host organism and then lay their eggs on it for their offspring to feed on it while it continues to live in or on its decaying corpse after it has died. The key characteristic of predation however is the predator's direct impact on the prey population. On the other hand, detritivores simply eat dead organic material arising from the decay of dead individuals and have no direct impact on the "donor" organism(s).

Question: how do parasites support themselves?
Answer:Prey on a host organism

Question: what do they do with their offspring?
Answer:Lay their eggs on it

Question: what is a detrtitivore?
Answer:They eat dead organic material

Question: are they harmful to their hosts?
Answer:No

Question: What is predation?
Answer:A biological interaction

Question: what happens in that interaction?
Answer:A predator feeds

Question: what is a predator?
Answer:An organism that is hunting

Question: and prey?
Answer:The organism that is attacked

Question: is predation always carniverous?
Answer:No

Question: What are other ways that predators feed on prey
Answer:Herbivory, fungivory, and detritvory

Question: What do herbivores eat?
Answer:
Plants