why do jaguers belong to the highest trophic level and yet they are rare
2006-10-09 03:49:29 · 3 answers · asked by Jorie 1 in Environment
By definition, the animal that is at the top of the food chain has to be less abundant that whatever it is it will eat. If there were so many jaguar to eat all the animals it normally eats, then those animals would have been hunted to extinction, and the jaguar would disappear after, dying from starvation.
To be at the top of the pyramid means to be at the pointy end. There would always be more mouse than owl, more rabbits than coyotes, and so on, because the base of the pyramid has to be wider.
2006-10-09 03:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human interferance on environment among many reasons !
2006-10-09 10:52:03 · answer #2 · answered by misterplonk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it live in the jungle.highest predator.
rare because jungle is cutten down by us. by factory to built oour houses
2006-10-10 22:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by richi rasyid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋