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Can a species eat more food than its Population?

The rulebook says a species can never take more food than its Population, and the designer confirms the rule for Fat Tissue.

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No. A species takes food only up to its Population, so extra food from Foraging, Cooperation, Scavenger or an attack is not taken. Only Fat Tissue can hold food beyond the Population, and once a species is fully fed nothing extra happens.

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