Biology
Food Webs: Who Really Eats Whom?
Quick fact
A single species can be part of hundreds of different food chains. In one study, a single estuary food web contained over 5,000 distinct feeding links among its species.
Why this is interesting
You know that a food chain is 'the lion eats the zebra, the zebra eats the grass'—but what happens when the lion also eats the antelope, and the antelope eats both grass and leaves? Real nature isn't a ladder; it's a tangled web.