Predation -A2

Predators are animals that hunt and kill, then eat their prey.

In a predator-prey graph, there are two things to remember:

1. Predators numbers are always less then it's prey.
2. A little while after the preys populations increase, the predators does too.

As the prey population declines, there is increased competition between predators for they remaining prey. Eventually, their numbers begin to fall. When a predator population declines, prey population builds up. Predators have more food, so their population then rises again.