A carnivore can only attack another species if the attacking carnivore’s Body Size is greater than the Body Size of the species they want to attack.
The carnivore must have a Trait card that overcomes the defensive Trait cards of the species they want to attack.
If the player can meet the 2 requirements, they have made a successful attack. The owner of the species who was just attacked (and thematically eaten) then does the following, while the attacking player feeds their species.
Attacked species reduces their Population by “-1”. If the total Population is less than the total amount of Food tokens placed on the Species board, the extra Food tokens are given to the attacking player and placed in their Food token bag.
The player who successfully attacked now collects a number of “Meat” Food tokens from the Food pool equal to the attacked species Body Size value. These are placed on the carnivore’s Species board, but the total amount of collected Food tokens cannot exceed the carnivore’s Population Size value.
Phase 5: Ending the Round
When all the players are done feeding their species, the round comes to an end. Any species that did not eat and collect Food tokens equal to its current Population value has their Population value reduced so it equals the total amount of Food tokens on the Species board.
All remaining Food tokens on the players’ Species boards are then removed and placed in the player’s individual Food token bag. All “Plant” Food tokens remaining on the Watering Hole stay for the next round.
This completest the round. The First Player marker is passed to the next player in turn order sequence and a new round beings.
Extinction and Ending the Game