This simulation generated by Insight Maker is a typical graphical representation of a predator-prey relationship, and in this particular case the predator is the lynx and the prey is the snowshoe hare. Please note that the actual numbers may not be entirely accurate, but the qualitative feature of the graph should hold an accurate depiction of a real lynx-snowshoe hare relationship, which is included within the insight.
The Snowshoe Hare is the Lynx's main food source, so the two species are very interactive and dependent. When the hare is scarce, the Lynx feeds on mice, voles, squirrels, and carrion, but these animals do not sufficiently meet the lynx's needs and make the lynx more vulnerable to starvation or predation. Thus, when hare population dwindles the lynx population also decreases. After some time passes, the hare population increases again because of less predation from the lynx. This repeated cycle becomes a perpetual pattern that can be found in most predator-prey relationships.