In the latter case the resistance is caused by dissipation of mechanical energy when the configuration or the direction of flow is sharply changed, by the formation of vortices and secondary flows as a result of the flow breaking away, by the centrifugal forces, etc.
Animals depend on plants for food as plants produce food and energy which animals can't, so, herbivores eat plants to get energy, carnivores eat herbivores and other carnivores for energy and omnivores eat all four, plants, herbivores, carnivores and also other omnivores for energy.
Plants utilize the sun's energy, animals eat plants and utilize the plants' energy, and some animals eat other animals and utilize their energy. The food chain is a cycle of predation, and although it is necessary for life to exist, it has to have limits.