However, when animals eat seeds (seed predation or granivory) or eggs (egg predation), they are consuming entire living organisms, which by definition makes them predators, albeit unconventional ones: for instance, a mouse that eats grass seeds has no adaptations for tracking, catching and subduing prey and its teeth are not adapted to slicing through flesh.
Međutim, kad životinje jedu seme (predacija semena ili granivorija) ili jaja (predacija jaja), one konzumiraju celokupne žive organizme, što ih po definiciji čini predatorima, iako nekonvencionalnog tipa: na primer, miš koji jede seme trave nema adaptaciju za praćenje, hvatanje i zatvaranje plena i njegovi zubi nisu prilagođeni za rezanje mesa.