Ursus ingressus is an extinct species of the cave bear species complex that lived in Central Europe during the Late Pleistocene. It is named after the Gamssulzen Cave in Austria, where the holotype of
A carnivore, or meat-eater, is an animal or plant whose nutrition and energy requirements are met by consumption of animal tissues as food, whether through predation or scavenging.
Lions are obligate carnivores, since they consume only animal flesh for their nutritional requirements.
Members of the plant kingdom can live on meat too, such as the Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant.
Lions are voracious carnivores; they require more than 7 kilograms of meat daily. A major component of their diet is the meat of large mammals, such as this buffalo.
This king cobra is preying on a smaller snake. Such snakes as king cobras use venom to kill prey.