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Why would the introduction of rabbits into Australia possibly hurt other members of the food web? Enter your answer in the space provided.

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Herbivores eat plants. If there are only so many plants to go around, having to compete with a new organism for the food can cause other members of the food web to not have enough food to survive.

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If it isn’t a native breed it can overpopulate and destroy a stable ecosystem.
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