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A tapeworm is really neither a carnivore nor a herbivore. It is a parasite that lives inside the intestine of it's host organism and eats whatever the host eats as it "passes though" the host.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoTapeworms are really neather a carnivore or herbivore. They are a parasite; they attach themselves to the intestine of humans, and nourish themselves on the nutrients that pass by. If you really had to classify them as one or the other, they would be carnivores.
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∙ 15y agoA tapeworm is a parasite. It lives by feeding off its host, not by hunting its own food. Tapeworms attach themselves to the wall of the intestine. They can grow to many feet long and take so much nutrition from the host that the animal grows weak.
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∙ 13y agoa tapeworm is neither a carnivore nor a herbivore not even an omnivore.Tapeworms are parasitic organisms, they only get the nutrition of which they had a parasitic relationship.
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∙ 14y agoAll worms are invertabrates.
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