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Apex predator

An apex predator, also known as a top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators.

Kevin Pluck

Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics, meaning that they occupy the highest trophic levels.

Marc Dalmulder

Apex predators have a long evolutionary history, dating at least to the Cambrian period when animals such as Anomalocaris dominated the seas.

Obtained from Molly Ebersold of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm