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A primary consumer eats the producer, a secondary consumer eats the primary consumer.

For example grass (producer) is eaten by rabbits (primary consumer) who are eaten by foxes (secondary consumer).

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I think they can be both. If a bird eats vegetation/ grass they are primary consumers but if they are predators and hunt other animals then they are secondary consumers.

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Dogs are omnivores - both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer.

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no dogs are tertiary consumers

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