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How does sea life survive if they all eat each other?

like how do they grow up if they smallest prey just get eaten by bigger fish?

is there some kind of mysterious unknown thing that all the smaller fish eat to survive on for bigger fish to eat the smaller fish?

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  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    It's called differential reproduction. There are a lot more smaller fishes than there are predators to eat them. In general, biomass increases by a factor of ten for each step down the food chain.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 months ago

    Marine life, or sea life or ocean life, is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the ... If all of Earth's crustal surface was at the same elevation as a smooth sphere, the depth of the ... This means primary producers become the starting point in the food chain for heterotroph organisms that do eat other organisms.

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    its kind of like america. sure everyone kills each other all the time but thats what makes it what it is

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 months ago

    Yeah, that is how it has been going for a very long time and the oceans were thriving and healthy. It is only in our century that the oceans are dying for all the plastics humans have thrown out and the pollution that causes climate change. But as for the oceans and the fish hunting for each other that has worked. But many fish eat plankton which is mainly plants. Nature is amazing and even though humans are slowly destroying it, we can still enjoy the beauty of it all around us . https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/awake-no6-...

  • 2 months ago

    It's called differential reproduction. There are a lot more smaller fishes than there are predators to eat them. In general, biomass increases by a factor of ten for each step down the food chain.

  • 2 months ago

    It's simple. There are many more smaller fish and their reproduction cycle is much shorter. That also applies to rabbits.

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Not all the smallest prey get eaten by bigger fish. Those that avoid being eaten lay millions of eggs. This ensures that the species survive.

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