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If apex predators went extinct, it would probably allow the prey species that the predators ate to multiply and overproduce, and that overproduction would then over eat the plants and other things that they subsisted upon, which would deplete the food supply, causing a massive die-off of the prey species. Hopefully things would balance again at some point, but it depends on whether the environment was destroyed by the overpopulation surge, and whether the prey species are able to adapt or spread to sustain themselves.
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Which part of the food chain is affected by one animal becoming extinct?
The most directly affected of the food chain would be on the organism that used to eat the extinct animal and whatever the extinct organism used to eat. The whole entire food chain is ultimately affected.
What will happen to the giant panda's food chain if it becomes extinct?
then everything will be CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!
The death of one species in a food chain upsets the rest of the food chain mean?
Since each plant or animal in a food chain is dependent on the plant or animal below it for food if one of those in the chain goes away (becomes extinct) or just isn't available in enough quantity, the next one up the chain starves to death.
Why is an endangered animal important?
because then the food chain is not going to be balanced then they will be extinct
What happens if all ladybirds are killed by pesticide?
If that did happen, then any animal that eats ladybugs would also be affected, and since all animals on the food chain are connected by consuming each other, down to the vegetarian animals, which would be affected by the disappearance of other animals, it would eventually affect all animals and eventually even man himself. That's what happens when any animal becomes extinct. Such changes might seem hard to discern now, but the more animals become extinct, the more obvious the changes will become.
What part of the food chain is affected by one animal becoming extinct?
All of the food chain would become affected.
What happens if don't conserve animal?
If we don't conserve an animal the species number will drastically decrease and resulting in extinction of that particular species. If one species become extinct it could trigger off a chain reaction and many species will be threatened.
When an insect becomes extinct and hundreds of animals are relying on it why don't they die?
yes they will because if someone is dependent on something or someone and something happens to that thing then the whole chain of the people depending on it will vanish bacause it needs that to live
What happens in an ecosystem after a species dies?
some other species cant eat. all animals are part of the food chain, so 1 becomes extinct, there is soon problems for everyone else. often, other species die as well.
Why are scientists unsure as to why the dinosaurs became extinct?
It has to do with the food chain. Say if T-Rex are extinct, the animals it eats over-populate and take all the food or water. Slowly, all the animals start to become extinct. Or, if a certain animal becomes extinct, the things it eats over-populate and the things that eat it normally become extinct.
How does animal extinction affect nature?
Allot of the affects will depend on the animal that becomes extinct, and the ecosystem they inhabit. In an extreme case, if plankton was wiped out of the oceans, most whales would die out from lack of food. All the species that depend on plankton, such as Sea Turtles, coral beds, and the young creatures that rely on both to thrive would starve without this broad group to feed from. As the food chain collapsed, species further down the chain would suffer as prey became scarce, populations, and births would drop, increasing the decline. Species like the seal and shark would have to hunt further for prey, if it could be found at all causing strain and eventual die off. The cycle would go on and on. Most of the time, if an entire species becomes extinct, then all the animals depending on that animal will suffer the same fate. Now, if things happen the other way around, and the predator species becomes extinct first. For example, say Sharks die out, seals would overpopulate their habitat and consume all their prey causing the same type of collapse, but starting smaller, then snowballing as the affects multiplied through out the environment.
Is the animal Siberian lynx at the top of the food chain?
no such thing as siberian lynx but iberian lynx is almost extinct not at the top
