Biology - Organisms and Populations Question with Solution | TestHub

Predators play several important roles in an ecosystem.

They keep prey populations under control, which prevents the prey from reaching high population densities that could cause ecosystem instability.

They help in maintaining species diversity in a community by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.

Predators in nature are prudent. If a predator is too efficient and overexploits its prey, the prey might become extinct, and consequently, the predator will also become extinct due to lack of food. Therefore, predators do not always overexploit their prey.

Answer: They always over exploit their prey.