Monday, December 22, 2008

Introduction


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Do you know that in nature, organisms living in the same area pften form relationshipds with one another in order to survive?

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In this case, let's imagine;

In a simple scenario...

There are lions, deers and grass in a jungle.

Their food chain are as followed:

Grass (consumed by) --> Deer (preyed upon by) --> Lions

Life was going very peacefully for all the animals and plants. There was always just enough food to go around.

However, one fine day, a group of hunters arrived, and they started hunting deer. And soon enough, the deer population has decreased such that there isn't enough prey for the lions.

Lions cannot eat grass, and thus, many of the lions either have to move away, or die of starvation. Now, since there are not that many deers to consume the grass anymore, there is an overcrowding of grass.

Unknowingly, the group of hunters had upsetted the natural food chain.

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I hope that after reading this, you can grasp a little bit of concept about the ecosystem, which will be what this blog consists of. Now, you know that nature is so fragile, and that an inconsiderate action might cause ultimate pandemonium in the wonderful world of nature. (:

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