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Small carnivore
* Most small carnivores eat rats
  - feed on animals
  - find food
* Most small carnivores have ears
  - heads

### animal | predator | carnivore:

Spotted skunk
* Spotted Skunks have several dens which they use at different times of the year.
* are about half that size with white spots instead of stripes
  - good climbers and are faster and more agile than striped skunks
  - largely nocturnal and are active all year
* are more agile than striped skunks
  - efficient than striped skunks as predators
  - much more active and alert than any of the other skunks
  - omnivorous
  - quite playful with each other, even as adults
  - smaller with white spots or streaks
* can sometimes climb into wall spaces and find their way into attics.
* consume large numbers of insects and small mammals.
* do handstands before they spray.
* have few predators except the great horned owl.
* prefer dens under or in old buildings.
* protect themselves by spraying a strong and unpleasant scent.
* tend to have a smaller home range.

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Striped skunk
* Striped Skunks begin their breeding season.
* are about the same size as a house cat
  - almost exclusively nocturnal
  - docile and often ignore other animals, except during the breeding season
* are easily distinguishable by their coloration pattern
  - pattern and the color of their fur
  - family oriented
  - mammals
  - nocturnal, but start hunting in late afternoon
  - short, stocky mammals about the size of a domestic house cat
  - solitary and primarily nocturnal
* are the most abundant in the state
  - of the four species
  - common skunks both in Georgia and throughout the United States
  - usually solitary animals, meaning that they live alone
* breed in late winter or early spring.
* can destroy a significant number of waterfowl nests.
* eat a large amount of insects.
* have few natural enemies
  - small, triangular-shaped heads, short ears and black eyes
* leave their dens in the late afternoon or early evening and forage most of the night.
* live in burrows, under buildings or in almost any dry place.
* serve as an important source of insect control.

Suricate
* are typical to the Kalahari.
* give birth and raise their young in their burrows.

Top carnivore
* Most top carnivores eat organisms
  - have diets
* Most top carnivores survive periods
  - warm periods
* Some top carnivores eat weasels
  - have roles
* are animals that eat other carnivores
  - rare animals in any ecosystem

Carnivorous predator
* Most carnivorous predators eat prey
  - feed on bacteria
  - hunt other animals
* Most carnivorous predators prey on graze herbivores
  - upon mammals
* hunt animals

Common predator
* Most common predators are Arctic foxes and other polar bears, especially adult males
  - diurnal raptors, the main birds of prey in Sulawesi
* are birds, snakes and fish
  - bobcats and coyotes
  - hawks , owls, and jays
  - raccoons, black rat snakes, and several rodents, including white-footed mice

Deadly predator
* Deadly Predators Learn about the defense mechanisms of local and exotic animals.
* Most deadly predators strike prey.

Egg predator
* Some egg predators kill embryos.
* are snakes, foxes, coyotes, and especially opossums, raccoons, and skunks.

Few predator
* are able to catch an adult wild turkey.
* can successfully challenge a healthy, adult moose.
* lurk in weedlines while prey abounds.

Fierce predator
* Most fierce predators take large prey
* Some fierce predators kill elk
  - large sauropods

Human predator
* outpace other agents of trait change in the wild.
* tend to go for passive prey.

Hungry predator
* Most hungry predators look for meals.
* cruise the waters, and human anglers have a taste for fish.

Important predator
* consume phytoplankton.
* include lions
  - mountain lions