predator(s) and prey alike

listeneverI understand why it's not preys but prey. It's uncountable.

No, not uncountable; just adjectival, as with 'predator': predator and prey breeds.

Mister MicawberNo, not uncountable; just adjectival, as with 'predator': predator and prey breeds.

Is it also possible to write "predators and prey alike" in the OP?
If so, is 'prey' then an uncountable noun?

listeneverIs it also possible to write "predators and prey alike" in the OP?

I'd say so, but it's stylistically a bit more pedestrian.

listeneverIf so, is 'prey' then an uncountable noun?

'prey' is uncountable, yes.

CJ

CalifJimI'd say so, but it's stylistically a bit more pedestrian.

Could you please tell me why you think it pedestrian?
If anything, I think it's hard for me to wrap my head around how you could use either 'predator' or 'prey' as an adjective, when neither is listed as such in any of the dictionaries out there.

listenever'predator' or 'prey' as an adjective

They are nouns which modify another noun. Some people call them adjectives or "adjectival", i.e., adjective-like, when they're used like that.

listeneverCould you please tell me why you think it pedestrian?

I imagine it's just my years of experience reading literature. "predat

listenever[video]The clip starts with this:Zootopia, a gleaming city where animals of all breeds, predator and prey alike, live together in peace and harmony.I understand why it's not preys but prey. It's uncountable.But why is it not predators? Can 'predator' be uncountable as well?

In my opinion, it would be stylistically clumsy to cobble the plural "predato

AnonymousNote that in the CJ's example Everyone needs to be loved, man and woman alike you can't change "man and woman" into "men and woman".

Really?

But a glance at Ngram seems to be telling