Biological magnification is when a low level of poison is ingested by a species at the bottom of the food chain, but increases in toxicity due to a species higher in the food chain consuming many of these toxic species. An example of this could be a spider that eats many mosquitoes that may have picked up toxic substances. Due to the fact that the spider eats so many mosquitoes the toxicity amplifies
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