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The animal which hurts and kills its prey is known as predator and the animal which gets killed and hunted is known as prey. The relationship of prey and predator is responsible for the driving force for evolution.
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Ch. 38.1 - Which division of the autonomic nervous system...Ch. 38.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.2 - When you wave your right hand, what part of your...Ch. 38.2 - People who are inebriated have difficulty touching...Ch. 38.2 - WHAT IF? Two groups of individuals have CNS...Ch. 38.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 38.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.3 - WHAT IF? If a woman with a severed corpus callosum...Ch. 38.4 - Which one of the five categories of sensory...Ch. 38.4 - Prob. 2CC
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