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Question
A food chain consists of fish, larvae, phytoplanktons and birds. The level of pesticides in water in which the fish, larvae and phytoplanktons live is quite high.
Which other organism you could write in place of bird in the above food chain?
Solution
Humans also consume fish, and hence they can replace the birds in the above food chain.
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