The Food Chain		Qui's predatory eels are at the top of the food chain.
			Qui's herbivores provide food for carnivores, while consuming Qui's plants.
			At the bottom of the food chain are Qui's land and ocean plants.

Food chains on land look very much the same as those in the oceans. The photosynthesizing plants convert energy from S.E.H, and are in turn consumed by the many species of land-based herbivorous eels. These herbivores are in turn consumed by several species of predatory land eels, much as the aquatic eels consume Flutterfish and Grazing eels.

Though scientists know a great deal about Qui's plants and animals, much research and field work still needs to be done. For example, anecdotal reports of a flying species of eel have been documented, though there is no clear evidence that such a creature exists. Encounters with the secretive Scavenging eels, which feed on the decaying carcasses of other animals, occur briefly in the scientific record, but no detailed study exists. Qui's deserts, occupying a relatively small portion of Qui's overall land mass, have only been surveyed, and many questions need to be answered regarding the unique plant and animal species that have adapted to the conditions found there.

		A Horned Land Eel defends itself against a Greater Carnivorous Land Eel. The two share a common ancestor, but have evolved to occupy very different ecological niches on land.
A Two-Legged Land Eel heads for the water, pursued by a Legless Eel. Some animals on Qui, though spending much of their time on land, continue to return to the ocean for food, shelter, and mating.