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** The predators are much smaller than their prey; it takes a huge pack to subdue one target, which can then feed the whole lot of them.
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* '''Discussed''': “Jesus, it’s like its tigers all the way down over here! What happened to all [[HerbivoresAreFriendly the nice animals?]] Wait, never-mind, [[KillEmAll I think I can guess…]]”

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* '''Discussed''': “Jesus, it’s like its tigers all the way down over here! What happened to all [[HerbivoresAreFriendly the nice animals?]] Wait, never-mind, [[KillEmAll I think I can guess…]]”guess…”
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** Some of the apparent carnivores are actually omnivores and can perfectly eat plants.
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** The herbivores are ExplosiveBreeders and the predators are not, the number of species per type says little about the number of specimens per type.
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** There's nothing that say's a predator can't live on eating other predator species.

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** There's nothing that say's says a predator can't live on eating other predator species.
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** There's nothing that say's a predator can't live on eating other predator species.
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* '''Straight''': [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Bloody Jungle]] has about 3 known herbivores species and at least 9 predatory ones.

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* '''Straight''': [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Bloody Jungle]] has about 3 known herbivores herbivorous species and at least 9 predatory ones.

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* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out those predators had migrated elsewhere, and the herbivores are now being swarmed by hundreds of meat-loving species.

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** It turns out that some animals that persecute them were very aggressive herbivores.
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It turns out those predators had migrated elsewhere, and the herbivores are now being swarmed by hundreds of meat-loving species.species.
** Precisely due to the high population of carnivores.
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** It turns out that the protagonists had only had the bad luck of encountering a lot of predators

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** It turns out that the protagonists had only had the bad luck of encountering a lot of predatorspredators.

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* '''Subverted''': The area is almost complete filled with herbivores, despite rumours of a ludicrous number of predatory species.

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The area is almost complete filled with herbivores, despite rumours of a ludicrous number of predatory species.species.
** It turns out that the protagonists had only had the bad luck of encountering a lot of predators
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* '''Double Subverted''': it turns out those predators had migrated elsewhere, and the herbivores are now being swarmed by hundreds of meat-loving species.

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* '''Double Subverted''': it It turns out those predators had migrated elsewhere, and the herbivores are now being swarmed by hundreds of meat-loving species.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Eventually, the small herbivore supplies are overtaxed and they are divan to extinction. This causes the destruction of the ecosystem, with the overabundant predators starving to death.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Eventually, the small herbivore supplies are overtaxed and they are divan driven to extinction. This causes the destruction of the ecosystem, with the overabundant predators starving to death.
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* '''Exploited''': a GreatWhiteHunter travels to the bloody jungle, knowing he’ll find a lot of good trophies there.

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* '''Exploited''': a A GreatWhiteHunter travels to the bloody jungle, knowing he’ll find a lot of good trophies there.

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'''More Predators Than Prey''': A given ecosystem has way too many carnivorous animals and way too few herbivorous ones.
* '''Straight''': “[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Bloody Jungle]] has about 3 known herbivores species and at least 9 predatory ones.

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'''More Predators Than Prey''': '''Basic Trope''': A given ecosystem has way too many carnivorous animals and way too few herbivorous ones.
* '''Straight''': “[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Bloody Jungle]] has about 3 known herbivores species and at least 9 predatory ones.



* '''Justified''': The area was recently ecologically devastated, with most herbivores dying.
** It’s an area like the Antarctic tundra or a coral reef, [[TruthInTelevison that is like this in real life.]]

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The area was recently ecologically devastated, with most herbivores dying.
** It’s an area like the Antarctic tundra or a coral reef, [[TruthInTelevison [[TruthInTelevision that is like this in real life.]]



* '''Parodied''': The area has so many frothing predators that the heroes can walk by in complete safety, knowing that [[AllwaysABiggerFish they’ll just eat eachother and leave them alone.]]

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* '''Parodied''': The area has so many frothing predators that the heroes can walk by in complete safety, knowing that [[AllwaysABiggerFish [[AlwaysABiggerFish they’ll just eat eachother and leave them alone.]]



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'''More Predators Than Prey''': A given ecosystem has way too many carnivorous animals and way too few herbivorous ones.
* '''Straight''': “[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Bloody Jungle]] has about 3 known herbivores species and at least 9 predatory ones.
* '''Exaggerated''': There aren’t any herbivores: the closes is a species of small scavenger which is the basis of the food chain.
* '''Downplayed''': Most of the predators are omnivores and do eat plant matter as well, but are unlikely to pass up potential prey.
* '''Justified''': The area was recently ecologically devastated, with most herbivores dying.
** It’s an area like the Antarctic tundra or a coral reef, [[TruthInTelevison that is like this in real life.]]
* '''Inverted''': The area has way too many herbivores species and only one predator.
* '''Subverted''': The area is almost complete filled with herbivores, despite rumours of a ludicrous number of predatory species.
* '''Double Subverted''': it turns out those predators had migrated elsewhere, and the herbivores are now being swarmed by hundreds of meat-loving species.
* '''Parodied''': The area has so many frothing predators that the heroes can walk by in complete safety, knowing that [[AllwaysABiggerFish they’ll just eat eachother and leave them alone.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': It varies by seasons: In winter and summer, herbivores are abundant ad there are very few predators, but in autumn and spring a massive number of predator migrate through the land and kill off most the herbivores, leaving them with dominant numbers in those seasons.
* '''Averted''': Predators and prey are in realistic balance.
* '''Enforced''': It’s an unintended side effect of filling an RPG world with many enemies for the player to fight.
* '''Lampshaded''': “The hell do all these carnivores eat anyway?”
* '''Invoked''': A mad scientist uses genetic engineering to custom-build an ecosystem to defend his lair, and decide to fill it with predators to provide better deterrence.
* '''Exploited''': a GreatWhiteHunter travels to the bloody jungle, knowing he’ll find a lot of good trophies there.
* '''Defied''': “There aren’t going to be THAT many predators. They al need to eat, y’know.
* '''Discussed''': “Jesus, it’s like its tigers all the way down over here! What happened to all [[HerbivoresAreFriendly the nice animals?]] Wait, never-mind, [[KillEmAll I think I can guess…]]”
* '''Conversed''': “Let’s face it most stories are more concerned with coolness than ecological suitability.”
* '''Deconstructed''': Eventually, the small herbivore supplies are overtaxed and they are divan to extinction. This causes the destruction of the ecosystem, with the overabundant predators starving to death.
* '''Reconstructed''': The predators mostly eat each other, and the smell of blood travels for miles around the area. This causes a vicious cycle, as the smell attracts even more hungry predators which both dine and are dined upon. These in turn make the smell even stronger, causing a kind of gory equilibrium.
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