live prey
Still-breathing target animal
Live prey refers to animals that are hunted, captured, or eaten while still alive, as opposed to dead or prepared food.
The term appears most often in discussions of animal behavior and pet care: Snakes in captivity may refuse anything but live prey.
Some predators require the movement of live prey to trigger their hunting instincts.
- huntPursuit of quarry
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- captureTake into custody
- catch and killBuying stories to suppress them
- stalkPlant's vertical support
pounce · quick strike · feeding · mouse · cricket · mealworm · struggling · wriggling · terrarium · snake · raptor · talon · instinct · kill · swallow · movement · survival · wild
live preyfrozen mice
Preserved snake prey
carrion · frozen food · carcass · roadkill
live preyprocessed food
Industrially manufactured edibles
preserved food · kibble · pellets · canned food · freeze-dried food
live preypredator
Organism that consumes others
hunter · apex predator · pursuer · carnivore
live, prey, lived, lives, living, alive, lively, livelihood, outlive