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What is the relationship between the number of herbivores and the number of first level carnivores?
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Why aren there more herbivores than carnivores in a food chain?
It is the way nature plays out. The carnivores eat the herbivores, so it is impossible to have more carnivores then herbivores. If there are too few herbivores around, the carnivores begin to starve, so for that reason there will always be more herbivores then carnivores. Most carnivores protect there territories from other carnivores, killing them if necessary, because they instinctively know an area can only support so many carnivores based on food supply -- which for them are herbivores. Also many carnivores are capable of practicing birth control to some degree to keep their numbers appropriate for the number of herbivores that can sustain them.
What most likely happened to the herbivores and smaller carnivores in those local food change immediately after the predators disappeared?
If all predators disappeared, the number of herbivores and smaller carnivores will increase in number.
Why cant there be more carnivores than herbivores?
carnivores are animals which eat animals while herbivores are animals which eat plant and every one knows that plants are an easy source of food with this herbivores increase in numbers as there is plenty and easy to get food and carnivores stay at a low number as it is difficult to catch there food
What would happen if number of herbivore decline?
If herbivores were removed from the planet, the food chain wouldn't have a bottom. Some carnivores eat smaller carnivores, but the lowest carnivore on the food chain would die if herbivores would be removed, causing a chain reaction and, well, the carnivores that eat that carnivore would die, and the carnivores that eat THAT carnivore will die... etc. The world would be a total mess.
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Why aren there more herbivores than carnivores in a food chain?
It is the way nature plays out. The carnivores eat the herbivores, so it is impossible to have more carnivores then herbivores. If there are too few herbivores around, the carnivores begin to starve, so for that reason there will always be more herbivores then carnivores. Most carnivores protect there territories from other carnivores, killing them if necessary, because they instinctively know an area can only support so many carnivores based on food supply -- which for them are herbivores. Also many carnivores are capable of practicing birth control to some degree to keep their numbers appropriate for the number of herbivores that can sustain them.
What most likely happened to the herbivores and smaller carnivores in those local food change immediately after the predators disappeared?
If all predators disappeared, the number of herbivores and smaller carnivores will increase in number.
What do a large number of herbivores mean?
Herbivores are animals that feed on plants. A large number means that there are a lot of them.
Why cant there be more carnivores than herbivores?
carnivores are animals which eat animals while herbivores are animals which eat plant and every one knows that plants are an easy source of food with this herbivores increase in numbers as there is plenty and easy to get food and carnivores stay at a low number as it is difficult to catch there food
What is the most dangerous prehistoric species?
The most dangerous prehistoric species is that of Dinosaurs. The dinosaurs can be carnivores or herbivores. If the carnivores were alive, by now they would have eaten a large number of animals and human beings. Such a carnivore is Velociraptor. The herbivores are no danger for us.
Is there any relationship between the grasshopper and grass?
Yes, there is a relationship between the grass and the grasshopper. The insects in question (Caelifera suborder) number among the world's herbivores. They prioritize grasses and grassy plants as preferred food sources.
Why were there more carnivors than herbivores?
One carnivore can eat lots of herbivores so the number of predators always has to be lower than the number of prey. If the number of carnivores gets bigger than their prey some will die of starvation and the number will reduce again.
What would happen if number of herbivore decline?
If herbivores were removed from the planet, the food chain wouldn't have a bottom. Some carnivores eat smaller carnivores, but the lowest carnivore on the food chain would die if herbivores would be removed, causing a chain reaction and, well, the carnivores that eat that carnivore would die, and the carnivores that eat THAT carnivore will die... etc. The world would be a total mess.
What would happen to the food chain if there was no rain at all?
Carnivores eat herbivores, but they also eat omnivores, which is another category that combines the herbivore and the carnivore. Certainly there would be much less food available to carnivores if all the herbivores were gone, and the number of carnivores would decrease, but as long as there are still omnivores, then there is the opportunity for some carnivores to continue to exist. For example, we human beings are omnivores, and even if all the herbivores were to disappear, we would find a way to continue to feed our pet dogs and cats, which are carnivores. Pigs are also omnivores, so presumably we would still have them as farm animals and food sources.
Why are there more primary consumers than tertiary consumers?
Because the total energy associated with the primary consumers isn't stored in their bodies, so can't all be passed on to the secondary ones. The rest is used for their life processes, such as movement.
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Are shellfish carnivores?
Shellfish is a culinary term covering a number of different animals. This makes your question too vague for a specific, definitive answer as some of the animals included in the term are carnivores, others omnivores and others herbivores and detritivores.
