Question

Exotic pets, such as lizards and tarantulas, have increased in popularity. These animals are caught in the wild and sold as pets. What are two possible effects this action can have on biodiversity?
A It will lead to greater biodiversity in these animals’ native environments.
B Populations of these animals could decrease in the wild.
C It could increase competition among predators of these organisms.
D It increases the chances that wild organisms will find an unrelated mate.

Answer 1

One choice is B for sure, but as for the second choice a good guess would be C.

I did not choose A because the exotic pet trade eliminates biodiversity in the animals native enviroments. This is because the animals are being taken away from their homes stripping the enviroment of it's diverse range of species. I did not choose D because the exotic pet trade is limiting the biodiversity of these animals native habitats and lowering the number of that species in the native enviroment. It would make no sense that there would be an increased chance that a wild lizard or spider would find an unrelated mate if there aren't that many lizards or spiders to begin with. I hope this helped!

Answer 2

If hunted and sold, animals will have a lower chance of reproducing apart from not being there themselves, decreasing their population.

Having less species inhabiting an area, means less food for some predators. Which means that competition will occur among preators since food will be scarce.

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