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The Circle of Life (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because their evolutionary defense is literally defense, and not just having enough numbers to overcome predation.

Sure, there are species that exist without predation, but introduce predators (like humans) and oh, would you look at that... extinction!

Life is complex, and doesn't have any one single explanation for how it exists.