eli5: Why some animals are born with the instinct to eat meat, while others have the instinct to eat plants?
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it’s just one example for one ecosystem, there are so many more examples of how different species have a different purposes and how important that is to life itself. Every living organism has job to dop survival live on, things that don’t die off.
If everything ate plants there’s be no plants left. If everything ate meat, there’d be no animals left. The two balance each other out and allow everything in nature to exist. That’s why top-tier predators are and bottom-tier insects are so important to the environment.
If you want a good visual that sumerizes how things interlap and impact one another, i reccomend this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=180&v=ysa5OBhXz-Q&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=180&v=ysa5OBhXz-Q&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title)
It’s very simple and summarized but gives the basic idea.
it’s just one example for one ecosystem, there are so many more examples of how different species have a different purposes and how important that is to life itself. Every living organism has job to do and life depends on that variation.
just like your work job has different rolls to keep the company afloat and removing one could have harmful effects.
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