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Well, that is kinda hard to explain. Because, a prey can be a predator, and a predator can be a prey. That is because of food chains. For an example, a small fish might eat a plankton, and a squid might eat the fish, and a octopus might eat the squid, and a shark would eat the octopus, and a fishermen might kill and eat the shark. The small fish was a predator that ate the plankton, but then the fish became a prey, because the squid ate it. It is impossible for a animal to be JUST a prey/predator unless they don't eat animals.
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Are cows decomposers?
No. Cows are herbivores, not detritivores or decomposers.
Are hermit crabs decomposers?
No, they are scavengers/detritivores but they are not decomposers, Detritivores obtain nutrients from consuming decomposing animal and plant material in addition to feces.
What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms called?
Organisms called decomposers or detritivores.
Are humans detritivores?
Humans are not decomposers. They are consumers.
What are some decomposers that live on land?
Some decomposers are fungi, mushrooms, and bacteria.
Detritivores are found in what group of eukaryotes?
Detritivores are found in the decomposers group of eukaryotes. They usually feed on dead decaying organisms and they include worms, millipedes and fungi.
Are decomposers and detritivores more like a manufacturing company or a recycling company?
A recycling company. De-composers and detritivores convert waste matter back into energy.
What feed on dead plant and animal remains?
Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.
Are detritivores producers or consumers?
HERBIVORE
Is earthworm a decomposer?
No. Earthworms are not decomposers. Since they have to consumer and internally digest the material, they are classified as detritivores.
Organisms that feed on dead organisms for nutrients are called?
Decomposers_____________________OK...decomposers is correct, but a better term would be saprophytes.Saprophytes (or detritivores) are organisms that obtain nutrients from dead organic matter and thus assist in it's decomposition.
What organisms feed on dead plants and animals and helps recylce them?
The organism's are called detrivores, or decomposers.
