Lions are a tertiary predator. They are at the top of the food chain in the African savanna. Lions mainly eat grazing animals, like zebras, antelope, wildebeests and occasionally elephants. However, they also are known to go after secondary consumers, like baby hippos and crocodiles.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in consideration, what animal is at the top of the food chain?Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators. They hunt in packs, much like wolves, which are also at the top of their food chain.Secondly, are elephants top of the food chain? The biggest danger to elephants are humans; elephants have been hunted for their tusks to near extinction in some cases. This website has great information on elephants and potential elephant predators. The cats that you refer to are at the top of the food chain, meaning they are not eaten by other animals. Similarly, it is asked, what will eat a lion? Lions have almost no predators. However, old, sick lions are sometimes attacked, killed and eaten by hyenas. And very young lions can be killed by hyenas, leopards and other predators when they are not being watched carefully by their mothers. But a healthy adult lion has little to fear from any other animal.Why Lion is important in the food chain?Lions play a key role in the food chain by helping to control the herbivore population. The lions have a reputation of being the ‘chief’ predator of their habitat as they are known to even kill large herbivores such as elephants and giraffes. Disease Control. Lions prey mainly on herd animals.