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Can a Carnivore attack and eat its own species?

The designer says this has always been the rule, and the body-size requirement in the rulebook rules out self-attack.

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  • Evolution rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 4: Feeding

No. A Carnivore must be larger than the species it attacks and must attack a different species, so it can never feed on itself. With no legal prey it gets no food and can go extinct.

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