Question

In a jungle habitat, there lives a species of snake, called Species A. The carrying capacity of the jungle allows 5000 of Species A. After their habitat was destroyed, a second species of snakes, Species B, arrives in the jungle. After a few years, the population of Species A has dropped to 0, and the population of Species B has become 5000. What can you determine from this data?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

From the data, it can be concluded that the habitat's carrying capacity for snakes is 5000 and this was not influenced by the alteration/destruction that happened to the habitat.

It can also be concluded that species B snake is a better fit - than species A snake - for the new environment resulting from the destruction of the initial environment.

The fitness of species B can be attributed to either their natural fitness to the new environment due to evolution or their ability to outcompete species A in the environment. The reduction in fitness of species A leads to their gradual fading off of the new environment while the fitness of species B leads to them reproducing and contributing more to the population of snakes in the environment.