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The bioaccumulation of a toxic ant repellent into the food chain above would have many effects. If a toxic ant repellent was to get sprayed on multiple ant hills, biomagnification would begin. If the pink fairy armadillo was to eat it's favorite food, the ant, it would get a small part of the toxin in it. The ant has a small biomass and so that is why the Pink Fairy armadillo only gets a small amount of toxin. But, because of biomagnification, the toxin continues to grow. The maned wolf then eats the Pink Fairy Armadillo so the maned wolf now has an even bigger part of the toxin it. The Feral dog than eats the maned wolf, so the feral dog now has to toxin. If the ants died out because of this toxin, the pink fairy armadillo and the anteater would starve because ants are their main source of food. Then the maned wolf, feral dogs, jaguars, and mountain lions die out because their food has been eliminated. Eventually the whole food chain would collapse.
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