Scientists believe they may have identified the first animal to have roamed the Earth about 700 million years ago, a new study published in Nature revealed.
Researchers determined that the first animal was likely a comb jelly, or ctenophore — a predator that travels through the ocean in search of food, according to a news release about the study from the University of California Berkeley.
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I found the term "predator," which usually means hunting another animal (prey), in this article to be confusing. Hard to imagine plants as prey. If it was the first animal, which other animal was the victim of its predation?
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