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Le grand prédateur chasse sa proie dans la forêt.

Le grand prédateur chasse sa proie dans la forêt.
The large predator hunts its prey in the forest.
From Lesson 203:Opposition connectors (cependant, pourtant)·French

Questions & Answers about Le grand prédateur chasse sa proie dans la forêt.

Why is grand placed before prédateur?
Most French adjectives go after the noun, but short, common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size (often remembered by the acronym BANGS) go before it. Because grand describes size, it comes before prédateur.
Since le prédateur is masculine, why does it say sa proie instead of son proie?
In French, possessives like sa or son agree with the gender of the thing being owned, not the owner. The word proie is feminine, so you must use the feminine sa (its), even though the predator is masculine.
Is chasse a false friend here? Does it mean "chase"?
It is! While chasser can mean "to chase away" or "to expel", its main meaning is "to hunt", just like in this sentence. If you want to say "to chase" in the sense of pursuing someone or something, you would normally use the verb poursuivre.

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