What will happen if all carnivorous are removed from the food chain?

If all carnivores are removed from the earth, herbivores will flourish since there will be no one to feed them, and their numbers will skyrocket. When the number of carnivorous animals in an ecosystem declines, the number of herbivores rises.

What would happen if all animals were herbivores or carnivores?

If all the herbivores are killed in a terrestrial ecosystem then carnivores will not obtain food as they only depend on herbivores for their food requirements. This implies that all other life forms within our ecosysytem will not be able to survive. This will disturb the balance in the ecosystem.

What will happen if all the herbivores are removed from the grassland?

It will lead to ecological instability, if all herbivorous will removed then there will be no food for carnivores who are dependent on herbivorous for their survival and as a result carnivorous will also start vanishing.

What would have happened if the earth had only herbivores?

If the herbivores are removed from the ecosystem, there will be no food for carnivores which are dependent on herbivores for their survival. As a result, the population of carnivores will also start dwindling. This will lead to ecological instability.

What if all animals were herbivores?

If all animal were herbivorous, the food chain won’t evolve, the ecological balance gets disturbed, which stops ecological succession, and to sum it all, the ecology will vanish straight away.

Are carnivores going extinct?

Not extinct
Carnivores/Extinction status

What will happen if all animals become herbivores?

Can an ecosystem survive with only carnivores?

In summary, a food chain shows who eats who in an ecosystem. The herbivores feed on producers only, and carnivores only eat meat from other carnivores or herbivores. If the herbivores and carnivores were removed, there would be changes to the biodiversity of the producers, but they would still survive.