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What adaptations help your animal(lion) gather or eat food?

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305389892

Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Chapter53: Population Interactions And Community Ecology

Section53.1: Population Interactions

Problem 1SB: How might natural selection favor a carnivore that spends more time and energy capturing large prey...

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