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Yes. The predator, of course, needs food, but the prey benefits too because if the predator did not eat the prey, the prey population would grow and grow until food ran and and the prey population would die of starvation.

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Predator and Prey relationships are what makes up a Food Chain, without this a population of Organisms would either Increase or Decrease, altering the Environment. This change could lead to Extinction due to a Dysfunctional Ecosystem.

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