predatory habits
Carnivorous lifestyle patterns
Predatory habits are the behavioral patterns of animals that hunt and kill other animals for food.
The term describes how a predator stalks, ambushes, or pursues prey: The owl's predatory habits make it active mainly at night.
Extended to humans, it suggests exploitative or ruthlessly self-serving behavior patterns: His predatory habits in business left a trail of ruined competitors.
- killCause death
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- night stalkerOne who hunts by darkness
- carnivoryEating only meat
bullying · bite · monopolization · exploitation · scavenging · camouflage · prowl · lone wolf · parasitism · stealth · hunting ground · survival instinct · coercion · price gouging · opportunism · dominance · chase · intimidation
predatory habitsflight response
Survival impulse to escape
avoidance behavior · gentle disposition · cooperative behavior