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2006-11-15 02:58:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment

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There are indeed many animals that compete for food, habitat, you name it. Look at predators in the Serengeti. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas. They all comepete for basically the same big game animals. Birds compete, even microscopic organisms compete, but a lot of time, organisms have certain niches (or roles in their ecosystem) that allow them to not compete as much. That is, they have evolved so they spend less energy competing and more on finding their specific food.

2006-11-15 03:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by Phantom 3 · 0 0

All animals "compete" for food in the wild. But human animals are the only ones who compete for anything more than basic survival. If animals are living in an area where there is not enough food to go around, they will compete with members of their own species for food, as well as any other species that might eat the same food, especially predators with regard to prey. Animals will also compete with one another for mating rights, such as all forms of herd animals - antelope, deer, big horn sheep, horses, elephants, wolves, lions, etc. just to name a few.

2006-11-15 11:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by harpertara 7 · 0 0

depends what you mean, as others have stated there are competitions for food, also there are many species that compete for breeding rights, such as deer, they will fight each other to win social status, and therefore breeding rights, this is common in many species of wildlife from birds to mammals. That is why most male birds are very brightly colored, they compete for the rights to breed with females based upon their appearance, one exception to this is geese, because they mate for life, unlike most other birds that have to win a mate each year. A great example of competition in birds is the peacock, it grows the oversized tail feather to attract mates,

2006-11-15 16:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by beare85 2 · 0 0

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