FOOD IS CURRENCY IN ANIMAL WORLD

"Those principles emerged from the central importance Elton placed on food and food chains. He saw food as the “currency” of animal economies. “The primary driving force of all animals is the necessity of finding the right kind of food and enough of it. Food is the burning question in animal society, and the whole structure and activities of the community are dependent on questions of food-supply,” he asserted. Elton encapsulated each principle that flowed from this basic premise with a charming and apt Chinese proverb: Food Chains" (from "The Serengeti Rule