Question

life as a hunter continued round 2
after completing your cer in your notebook, begin round 2.
round 2: how can you maximize your kcal intake and minimize your energy output?
lions live in prides consisting of males, females and juvenile cubs. depending on their sex, size, and age, lions have different kcal requirements per day.
males require 17,500 kcal/day females require 13,500 kcal/day juveniles require 11,500 kcal/day
the pride you are following consists of 1 male, 6 females, and 3 juveniles. recall that females typically are the pride members that do the hunting.

1. calculate how much energy your pride will need to sustain itself per day.

show your work here:

1. what prey items should your pride attempt to catch to have enough energy for the day? as a group, develop different feeding scenarios in which you will be able to adequately supply the required energy for your pride. each team member should come up with their own unique combination of prey that will support the energy needs of the entire pride. if you don’t have to spend all of your kcal cash, then don’t. stop hunting when you are able to feed the pride.

table 3
species number of prey hunted energy cost per prey total energy cost to hunt this number of prey number of hunters energy cost per hunter (-) can expend up to 15,000 kcal total/day total energy available from all captured prey net energy for pride

totals:
notes should be no more than 3 look at figure 1 column 1 x column 2 column 3 + (column 4) figure 1 #s x column 1 (column 6) - (column 3)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate male's energy need

The male lion needs 17,500 kcal/day. There is 1 male, so the total energy for the male is $1\times17500 = 17500$ kcal.

Step2: Calculate females' energy need

Each female lion needs 13,500 kcal/day. There are 6 females, so the total energy for females is $6\times13500=81000$ kcal.

Step3: Calculate juveniles' energy need

Each juvenile lion needs 11,500 kcal/day. There are 3 juveniles, so the total energy for juveniles is $3\times11500 = 34500$ kcal.

Step4: Calculate total daily energy need

Add up the energy needs of males, females and juveniles: $17500 + 81000+34500=133000$ kcal.

Answer:

133000 kcal