The ultimate predator

Lovebirds at a local bird market in Guilin, China, ready for shipment to pet stores. Fischer’s Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) is a small parrot species of the lovebird genus. It is native to a small area of central East Africa, south and southeast of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania. 

Credit: David Davis Photoproductions RF/Alamy Stock Photo

Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine 

and other products than we do for food

Nothing more needs to be said.