Comments on: Apex Predators and Housecats

By: Snares Penguin

Snares Penguin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:34:06 +0000

when the red wolf became nearly extict, we humans became the apex preditor and hunt deer now so they won’t bounce and crash. There are too many cats in my neighborhood!!! Eating too many birds… and not enough squirrels

By: Andy Schatz

Andy Schatz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:07:41 +0000

Certainly- I would be interested to know what the population graphs of herbivores looked like in areas where the apex predators were either feeding on human trash or forced out by human expansion — I bet the herbivore populations would be much more erratic.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:00:47 +0000

I have to wonder where human beings fit into it. Many people separate ‘the natural world’ from the places we inhabit, but I’m not so sure.

By: monkeyboy

monkeyboy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:39:29 +0000

Through this entire blog, I couldn’t help thinking about the “Grass, Rabbit, Fox” ecosystem. They had something on BBC, but I’m not sure if its still there.
I also did some work on Lynx’s and Hares, when the Hare population would go down, the Lynx would also. The Lynx and Hare combination I find interesting because the lynx depends very strongly on the Lynx, and not as a mix diet.