User:JonRichfield/Pursuit predation

Pursuit predation refers to the hunting strategy of chasing after prey until the predator can secure it. Elements of pursuit predation can occur in other strategies, such as ambush and stalking predation, but in clear examples of pursuit predation there is little attempt to take the prey by surprise. There is also however, a clear need for pursuit; a predatory snail say, of the genus Euglandina might need to chase its prey species of snails such as Achatina, whereas a human collector of Achatina would not regard his activity as pursuit, but simply as gathering.