That link [5] is missing the point that humans don't fit into that concept. It also makes a pretty big error saying that humans are about the same level as a pig... while both are omnivorous gluttons, humans have no other animal that routinely eats them, whereas almost all pigs are food for humans.
If there was another animal Foo that was omnivorous, yet routinely farmed and ate level 5 predators (sharks, crocodiles) along with plenty of other animals and plants, and that Foo had no animal that routinely ate it, and that Foo also slaughtered other animals for lots of non-food products, would you really place it at 2 out of 5 and say it wasn't a super-predator? "it's just one step away from plants" would be a nonsensical way to describe this Foo.
That link [5] is missing the point that humans don't fit into that concept. It also makes a pretty big error saying that humans are about the same level as a pig... while both are omnivorous gluttons, humans have no other animal that routinely eats them, whereas almost all pigs are food for humans.
If there was another animal Foo that was omnivorous, yet routinely farmed and ate level 5 predators (sharks, crocodiles) along with plenty of other animals and plants, and that Foo had no animal that routinely ate it, and that Foo also slaughtered other animals for lots of non-food products, would you really place it at 2 out of 5 and say it wasn't a super-predator? "it's just one step away from plants" would be a nonsensical way to describe this Foo.