Premise: An apex predator , also known as an alpha predator or apical predator , is a predator residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creatures prey.Zoologists generally define predation as the non-parasitical or non-bacterial killing and consumption of organisms . The biological family Felidae is a lineage of carnivorans that includes the cats . Lion . Lions are apex and keystone predators , although they are also expert scavengers obtaining over 50 percent of their food by scavenging as opportunity allows .
Hypothesis: The Lion is a meat eater.
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