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प्रश्न
The following is a food chain that ends with human :
How does this food chain differ form a usual food chain involving human such as : plants → goat → human?
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उत्तर
This food chain differs from an usual one, as humans, here, consume honey made by bees, whereas, usually, the food chain resembles Plants→ Goats→ Humans, in which humans consume the meat of goats directly.
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