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Propose an explanation for why populations of top carnivores, such as hawks, are always smaller

than the populations of herbivores, such as caterpillars.

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Propose an explanation for why populations of top carnivores, such as hawks, are always smaller than the populations of herbivores, such as caterpillars. Because only ~10% of the energy gets transferred up the pyramid, it takes a lot of the previous level to sustain the next higher level.

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