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Animals in the food chain need to eat less food than the animal in the previous level did to stay alive.
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Because energy is lost at each trophic transfer (typically ~90% lost), higher-level consumers must eat more food (or more prey) to obtain enough energy, not less.
Because energy is lost at each trophic transfer (typically ~90% lost), higher-level consumers must eat more food (or more prey) to obtain enough energy, not less.
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