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Why does the introduction of another herbivore into a food web possibly hurt other members of the food web?

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depending on where that herbivore is on the food web they could eat food meant for other smaller animals making those animals have less food and cause them to die. 
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When you introduce another consumer to the food web it then has to compete with other consumers for food, if this animal is alien to the ecosystem then it =can overrule the animals and consumers already there and shut down the whole ecosystem.
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