Everybody knows that the response is “because 7 8 9”, but people seem to have forgotten that 7 skipped the number next to it and ate the number that is two higher than it. Because we don’t have any more data on 7 eating other numbers, we can only assume that when 7 decides to eat a number lower than it, it will skip over 6, which is next to it, and eat 5, the number two spots on the number line away from it. Furthermore, after 7 has eaten 9 and 5, the new number line around 7 will be 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11. The next time 7 gets hungry, it will likely eat another number that is two spots away from it on the number line, meaning that 4 and 10 are in danger of being eaten. As long as 7 continues to get hungry, it will continue eating numbers two spots away from it on the number line, so in reality all integers except for 6 and 8 are in danger of being eaten by 7 at some point.