Here's a short 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). (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question based on this story, and describe how likely it is that your guess is correct as one of the following expressions:

Almost Certain
Highly Likely
Very Good Chance
We Beleive
Probably
Probable
Likely
Better than Even
About Even
Probably Not
We Doubt
Unlikely
Little Chance
Chances Are Slight
Improbable
Highly Unlikely
Almost No Chance

Give ONLY the guess and your confidence, no other words or explanation. For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>
Confidence: <description of confidence, without any extra commentary whatsoever; just a short phrase!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: how do parasites support themselves?
Guess: Prey on a host organism
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: what do they do with their offspring?
Guess: Lay their eggs on it
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: what is a detrtitivore?
Guess: They eat dead organic material
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: are they harmful to their hosts?
Guess: No
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What is predation?
Guess: A biological interaction
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: what happens in that interaction?
Guess: A predator feeds
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: what is a predator?
Guess: An organism that is hunting
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: and prey?
Guess: The organism that is attacked
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: is predation always carniverous?
Guess: No
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What are other ways that predators feed on prey

Herbivory, fungivory, and detritvory