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This isn't efficient at all though (and the reason why industrial farmed animals fed on crops aren't efficient either): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecologica
by seanwilson 6y ago
This isn't efficient at all though (and the reason why industrial farmed animals fed on crops aren't efficient either):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency#Ten_percent_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency#Ten_perc...
> When organisms are consumed, approximately 10% of the energy in the food is fixed into their flesh and is available for next trophic level (carnivores or omnivores). When a carnivore or an omnivore in turn consumes that animal, only about 10% of energy is fixed in its flesh for the higher level.