There are many examples of symbiotic relationships in Disney’s The Lion King. A symbiotic relationship is the interaction between two species living closely together. Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are the three main categories of symbiotic relationships. These relationships are important in maintaining a stable ecosystem because they are similar to cause and effect. Both parties in the symbiotic relationship play a key role, and one of them missing from the equation would mean disastrous effects. In the movie, we see an example of mutualism between Scar and the hyenas. The hyenas depend on Scar for food since their habitat doesn’t provide the food properly needed for the hyenas. Whilst, Scar has the hyenas as his allies when it comes
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Ecological succession is predictable changes over time. Ecological succession changes the environment because the environment might have to almost start from scratch again or everything in the ecosystem can be completely turned upside down, but through succession, the ecosystem can be brought back to its former glory. We see examples of this in the movie, one example is the fire at the end while Scar and Simba are fighting. Almost everything left in the already-falling-apart ecosystem burned due to the fire that erupted from the lightning. The pride lands had to be rebuilt through succession over a period of time to be the beautiful, climax community seen at the very end of the money. But this probably wouldn’t happen in real life the same way it did in the movie. After the fire and the food web failing we eventually see a climax community while Simba is still alive. The average life span of a lion is about 12 years (keep in mind that many years have passed already after his father’s death.) 12 years doesn’t allow enough time for the ecosystem to go back to what it originally was, with it having to grow back vegetation and get its organisms back to rebuild the food chain. In real life, we see secondary succession in Magnolia, Texas. A couple of years ago forest fires plagued Magnolia resulting in the loss of forest ecosystems. Even today, we’re seeing ecological succession in that area as the ecosystems rebuild from the soil left after the fires. Another real life example of ecological succession is when a volcano erupts. Right after it erupts, the land is completely barren with nothing on it, and then pioneer species start to come in, followed by other organisms which leads to a climax community eventually. This is known as primary succession. Ecological succession mainly happens after an event wipes out an ecosystem or is extremely close to doing that, not leaving much left; primary examples of this are
Ecological succession is predictable changes over time. Ecological succession changes the environment because the environment might have to almost start from scratch again or everything in the ecosystem can be completely turned upside down, but through succession, the ecosystem can be brought back to its former glory. We see examples of this in the movie, one example is the fire at the end while Scar and Simba are fighting. Almost everything left in the already-falling-apart ecosystem burned due to the fire that erupted from the lightning. The pride lands had to be rebuilt through succession over a period of time to be the beautiful, climax community seen at the very end of the money. But this probably wouldn’t happen in real life the same way it did in the movie. After the fire and the food web failing we eventually see a climax community while Simba is still alive. The average life span of a lion is about 12 years (keep in mind that many years have passed already after his father’s death.) 12 years doesn’t allow enough time for the ecosystem to go back to what it originally was, with it having to grow back vegetation and get its organisms back to rebuild the food chain. In real life, we see secondary succession in Magnolia, Texas. A couple of years ago forest fires plagued Magnolia resulting in the loss of forest ecosystems. Even today, we’re seeing ecological succession in that area as the ecosystems rebuild from the soil left after the fires. Another real life example of ecological succession is when a volcano erupts. Right after it erupts, the land is completely barren with nothing on it, and then pioneer species start to come in, followed by other organisms which leads to a climax community eventually. This is known as primary succession. Ecological succession mainly happens after an event wipes out an ecosystem or is extremely close to doing that, not leaving much left; primary examples of this are