Apex predator

Northwest Atlantic. ) Many Shark species have been over-exploited because their fins are highly valued for Shark fin soup. Shark fin soup is a delicacy in china that was served to the emperor and his guest to promote good health(Tennesen, Michael. "Predators Will Scrabble." The next Species: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man.). As a…

American Alligators Scientific Classification Kingdom – Animalia Phylum - Chordata Sub-Phylum – Vertebrata Class – Reptilia Order – Crocodylia Family – Alligatoridae Genus – Alligator Species – A. mississippiensis Scientifically named as A. mississippiensis is at the top of the food chain as no other animal preys upon them except armed humans. They inhabit in fresh water swamps, marshes, river, lakes and canals. Can be found throughout the southeastern United States from the coastal…

My extinct animal is the megalodon. Not only was the megalodon the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived,it was the largest marine predator in the history of the planet, vastly outweighing both the modern Great White Shark and ancient reptiles like Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus. Megalodon had a diet befitting an apex predator, feasting on the prehistoric whales that swam the earth's oceans during the Pliocene and Miocene epochs, but also chowing down on dolphins, squids, fish, and even giant…

approach that humans have taken to commercial fishing such as targeting of apex predators first and then fishing down the food chain has a negative effect on predators in most regional seas of the world. However, while researchers may know the effect that overfishing has had on specific species, how this may influence the rest of the ecosystem is relatively unpredictable. It is hypothesized that the loss of apex predators can allow mesopredator populations to bloom, which can have negative…

Impact on the Ocean’s Ecosystem As sharks are commonly apex predators or tertiary consumers, the act of killing for shark fin soup has many ecological implications that can determine the health of the ocean’s ecosystem. Sharks provide many necessary behaviors and instincts that help maintain the ocean’s ecosystem. With this in mind, they have a large impact on the tropic levels of the ocean’s ecosystem as they have an adverse relationship with small species that help maintain the support the…

The ecosystem that has more area than all of Earth’s land masses combined is the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is an oceanic biome that is located between the Americas, Asian and Australian continents. It is the largest of the world’s five oceans ocean and is approximately 63.8 million square miles full of saltwater, ecosystems, and organisms. The ocean is an average of 13,000 feet deep and covers more than 30 percent of the Earth’s surface. These are just a few defining characteristics of…

they eat in general. Once the Hare population was smaller then the Fox population the Foxes started to die off. Until the Hare regained in numbers. Their are many different factors that interfere with the with the life of the Clouded Leopard, an apex predator. One of the Clouded Leopards main prey is the deer. If something were to happen to that population for better or for worse, it would effect the Clouded Leopard. Another possibility is that anabiotic factor could be in play like, less…

“Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.”- Peter Benchley; Changes to living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem affect populations within an ecosystem. Life is all connected like a chain which is why there is a food chain. If you take away a piece, it all falls apart. The biggest and most dangerous living or nonliving part to take out of an ecosystem is a keystone species. The sea otter is a keystone species because of how many…

Predator control programs have killed hundreds of native animal species in hopes to benefit livestock producers and to enhance game populations. However, the animals they are killing, beavers, wolves, and many other carnivores, are important benefactors of ecosystems. Bradley Bergstrom said in his article “License to Kill” that “leading ecologists have concluded that many of the world’s pandemics, irruptions of undesirable species and collapses of desirable ones, and destabilization of…

and can only think about themselves and not about the environment. Today, sharks are declining rapidly on a global scale because humans have replaced them as oceans top predator (Fairclough). Restating that, humans, whose natural environment is on land, have replaced sharks, whose natural environment is in the sea, as the top predator of the ocean. It is astonishing how humans believe they can take over the world and that all other living organisms are below them. When they go out and destroy…