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If too many sharks are caught, what would happen to the number of rays and the shellfish that rays eat?

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The ray population would increase, and the shellfish population would decrease.

Both the ray and shellfish populations would increase.

The ray population would decrease, and the shellfish population would increase.

Both the ray and shellfish populations would decrease.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The ray population would increase, and the shellfish population would decrease.

With fewer sharks (predators), ray numbers rise, leading to heavier predation on shellfish and a decline in their population.