> The lion kills and hunts to eat, but the lion doesn't kill the entire living creatures in Serengeti or elsewhere to later die himself from hunger. I don't kn

> The lion kills and hunts to eat, but the lion doesn't kill the entire living creatures in Serengeti or elsewhere to later die himself from hunger. I don't know about lions, but their cousins the lynx absolutely do kill off so many hares that they die of hunger. The hare population then rebounds, followed by a rebound in the lynx population. It's one of the most famous cycles in ecology. I would not be at all surprised to learn that a similar predator/prey population cycle holds true for lions. https://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/en/services/lynx/lynx-snowshoe-hare-cycle https://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/en/services/lynx/lynx-snowshoe-har... If you're interested in the math: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra_equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra_equatio...