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A hawk and fish example is named.

When a hawk eats a fish, does the hawk acquire all of the energy contained in the body of the fish?  Why or why not?  What implications do you think this answer would have for the relative abundance (by weight) of predators and their prey?  I use the second law of thermodynamics to help justify.


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