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It means they consume waste and dead animals .

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Which animals eat decaying plants or animals?

Detrivores .


What animals are land detrivores?

Earthworms would be an example.


What sea animals are detrivores?

Sea cucumbers and some crabs are detritivores


Why are raccoons detrivores?

Raccoons are omnivores, not detrivores.


What are animals that eat dead or rotten animal's flesh?

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How do you spell hetertrophs?

The correct spelling of the plural noun is heterotrophs(organisms that do not make their own food - usually includes animals and detrivores).


Is a lion a detrivore?

No, the lion is a carnivore. Detrivores are animals, such as earth worms, millipedes, etc. that survive by eating detrius - organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms including plants and animals.


Are Detritivores Producers?

No, detrivores are animals that eat the remains of organic material like a Vulture, producers make their own 'food' like plants. Hope this helped!


Is it detritivores or detrivores?

The word is 'detritivores'.


What are people called who dig the earth?

detrivores


Are seeds detrivores?

No, seeds are not detrivores. Detrivores are organisms that feed on dead and decaying plant or animal matter. Seeds are reproductive structures of plants that are used for propagation and typically contain nutrients meant for the development of a new plant.


An animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals?

Scavengers and detrivores are terms for animals that feed on the bodies of dead animals. Vultures and crows are prime examples therof.