I told her it's just how nature works, the lions eat coyotes, coyotes eat cats, cats eat mice and birds, birds eat worms and bugs and so on.
You forgot the most important one "and Mom ate Dad"! Hey, nice work with DD, just being there and being willing to listen to her pain is usually the most helpful thing. It's hard for a child that age to fathom death on any level but unfortunately it is something they have to learn about.
