<em>One would expect to find the same pattern in any other ecosystems between predator and prey unless there is a way the prey's population is being replenished.</em>
<u>When predators start hunting down preys, the population of preys start decreasing and this will in turn means less food for the predators. If the trend continues, competition for food become fierce among the predators and this will make their population to start decreasing as the competitively strong ones take over the little food that remains and the competitively weak ones are gradually left to starve to death.</u>
