Apex Predators

Apex Predators are the animal world predators at the top of the food chain - lions, wolves, sharks, and such.

Their demise opens up a huge can of worms in terms of how the environment and even humans are affected. The changes going on because of their demise are negative.

Live Science: Loss of World's Top Predators Is Pervasively Changing Ecosystems

The loss of lions and leopards in parts of Africa has led to changes in olive baboon populations and increased their contact with humans, which, in turn, has caused higher rates of intestinal parasites in both people and baboons.