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    "definition": "An organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue, including predators, scavengers and zooplankton feeders whose diets meet that criterion; dietary carnivores occur in many groups and differ from the mammal order Carnivora, whose members do not all meet this dietary definition.",
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      "describe the role of predators in ecosystems",
      "find safety guidance for wildlife encounters"
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      "The order Carnivora includes the herbivorous giant panda"
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        "quantity": "Body length",
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        "note": "Body length is measured between anatomical endpoints defined for the species and cannot be inferred from carnivory alone."
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      "Human-wildlife conflict with livestock",
      "Feeding wild predators"
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        "Help hunt protected carnivores outside the law.",
        "Confuse dietary carnivores with the order Carnivora when classifying a species.",
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        "People living near large carnivores face real risks that deserve support."
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        "Herders and rural communities",
        "Ecosystems"
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      "master_systems": [
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        "id": "diet",
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        "description": "What they eat.",
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            "name": "Type",
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                    "text": "Is this animal a hypercarnivore, mesocarnivore or hypocarnivore?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What prey does it take, according to studies?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                "name": "Adaptations",
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                    "text": "Which teeth, senses or behaviours adapt it to eating animals?",
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                  {
                    "text": "How does it hunt or scavenge?",
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            "description": "Trophic cascades.",
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                    "text": "How strong is the evidence here?",
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          {
            "id": "recovery",
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            "description": "Returning predators.",
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                "name": "Recovery",
                "description": "Predator recovery.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Where are large carnivores recovering, and what effects are reported?",
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                    "text": "Which programmes manage them?",
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        "rationale": "Safety comes first.",
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                "description": "Encounters.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Has someone met a bear, wolf, big cat or similar animal?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What do wildlife authorities advise, and when should emergency services be called?",
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          {
            "id": "livestock",
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            "description": "Conflict.",
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                "id": "livestock-finding",
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                "description": "Livestock conflict.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which livestock protection measures and compensation schemes exist?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                  {
                    "text": "How can attacks be reported?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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        "id": "senses",
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        "description": "Disambiguation.",
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            "description": "Carnivora.",
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                "id": "order-finding",
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                "description": "Taxonomic sense.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the mammal order Carnivora meant rather than meat-eaters in general?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "plants",
            "name": "Plants",
            "description": "Carnivorous plants.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "plants-finding",
                "name": "Plants",
                "description": "Carnivorous plants.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Are carnivorous plants such as sundews meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should diet categories be separate entries?",
    "How should species diets be sourced?",
    "How should Carnivora be split off?"
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    "layers": 8,
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    "questions": 16
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}