Why is there fewer predators than prey?

Answer 1

because of the passing of energy from one animal to the other. Producers make 1000 energy from the sun. Then as the next animal eats it, like the grasshopper, the grasshopper gets only 100 energy from the plant it ate, and so one. There is less predators because the more the energy lost, the more that the for say, frogs have to eat more grasshoppers to get the same amount of energy that the grasshopper got from the grass. So larger predators have to try hard to eat more, so there is less because not many animals can eat enough of the other animals because of the loss of energy.

Answer 2

There are always fewer predators than prey because there have to be enough prey to reproduce and still keep the predators alive. If there were more predators than prey, the prey population would quickly be reduced to near zero and the predators would starve.

Answer 3

It all has to do with the level of energy in each level. The most is in the lowest level (producers). They need energy to grow and reproduce so only about 1% can be used by the next level (herbivores), the next level only gets 1% of 1% (carnivores and omnivores). That is about as far as the levels go. Unless the area can support a tremendous amount of plants. That would be found in the tropical and temperate rainforests. That area can support 4 levels. There also fewer in each level because the energy is decreased.
Lots of grass a couple of trees, some deer and many rabbits and a couple of hawks can be found in the drier plains.

Answer 4

if there are too many carnivores than there will be no herbivores and no producers. And eventually they will die

Answer 5

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