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overpopulationSituation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by high mortality and failure to produce viable offspring). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The most common way to decrease facility cost per cow is to overpopulate the facility-sometimes to more than 120% of the intended capacity. One cytokine, called transforming growth factor (TGF) beta, often acts as the level-headed protein of the group, encouraging the troops not to overpopulate a region and cause inflammation. I also don't believe real environmentalists overpopulate the planet with four of their own children when there are so many kids waiting for adoption. |
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