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1. Scientists have been concerned about the reduction of shark populations due to overfishing of the east coast of the united states. Sharks feed on rays, which feed on scallops. Scallops feed on microscopic algae, which they filter from seawater. Without sharks, the rays consume and eliminate scallop beds, harming the scallop fishing industry. This situation demonstrates that....

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that having sharks in the environment is essential to keeping the balance of things without the sharks it would lead to an over population of algae and with the scallops being gone the rays would starve and we would lose them as well

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It is a Predatory situation

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