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A turkey vulture picks the meat off of dead animals. Therefore, it is a consumer.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoit is neither...it is a detritvore. This means it is an organism that feeds on detritus or organic waste.
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∙ 11y agocheetahs are consumers because they eat other animals
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∙ 7y agoNo. They are more accurately described as a scavenger.
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∙ 6y agoProducers are always plants. Consumers eat (consume) plants and/or animals that eat plants (humans for example) and decomposers break down dead and decaying organisms (for example worms).
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∙ 6y agoVultures (several species) are scavengers.
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∙ 11y agoscavenger
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What is an example of a decomposer that starts with the letter v?
vulture
Is a vulture consumer?
it can be both actually, it can be a consumer and a decomposer
Is a vulture a decomposer or a scavenger?
Vultures (several species) are scavengers.
What is an explanation of the importance of decomposers?
a decomposer is any prairie dog remains not eaten by the coyote or the turkey vulture are broken down by bacteria ( decomposer) and fungi that live the soil.
A vulture would be considered a?
scavenger
Is a squirrel a decomposer?
No, a squirrel is not considered a decomposer. They are considered consumers. More specifically, they are primary consumers since they eat vegetation.
What decomposer eats an vulture?
Vultures are decomposers because they eat dead animals. They don't kill animals like consumers do.
Is a maget considered a decomposer?
yes
What is a vulture considered when it eats a dead animal?
A scavenger.
Is a giraffe considered a producer consumer or decomposer?
A producer
What is something that obtains its energy by feeding on dead or decaying matter is called a?
That is called a scavenger. An example of a scavenger is a vulture. Also a decomposer such as fungi. They feed of decaying matter.
Is spanish moss a decomposer?
yes it is. (in the tundra it is)
