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Foster's rule is actually the reverse of that. Which can be seen intuitively because non-human predators pick off the weakest and smallest of the pack.
by omalleyt 10y ago
Foster's rule is actually the reverse of that.
Which can be seen intuitively because non-human predators pick off the weakest and smallest of the pack.
- taneq 10y agoThis depends on the size of the animals in question compared with the largest practical size for an animal in that environment. Large animals will get larger, because this improves their chance of fighting back against similar-sized predators (think lion vs. antelope). Small animals will get smaller, because this allows them to evade much-larger predators (think cat vs. mouse).