The lab is a simulation of predator and prey interaction. This interaction is called predation. In predation, one organism, the predator eats the other, the pray. Because the predator relies on the pray for survival, the population of the two species will directly affect the other. In the lab the hares were the predator while the lynx was the prey. In order for to support the lynx population the Hare population had to be greater than the lynx population. When the hare population was small and spread out the lynx died due to starvation. Similarly, when the Lynx population surpassed the hare population the lynx ate all the hares destroying the population and ultimately resulting in their own starvation. The experiment is not completely accurate