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To: ari-freedom
"...except that the fish of today are much smaller as well."

That should be the consequence, shouldn't it? Larger animals are easier to make extinct. Once the large ones are gone, the big fish with big teeth becomes somewhat useless at catching small, nimble prey. Thus, they die out as well.

52 posted on 11/20/2007 8:50:18 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

it could work the other way around. if the large predators died out from some other reason, the big prey would not be kept in check, have overpopulation and get wiped out


64 posted on 11/20/2007 9:40:08 PM PST by ari-freedom (Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
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