What is an heterotrophic?

Anonymous

∙ 8y ago

Updated: 8/19/2021

Break it apart. Ingestive: means they ingest it; while heterotroph means they eat from "other" places (as opposed to autotrophs, which make their own food). So an ingestive heterotroph is basically a creature that has to eat its food.

Caroline Cronin ∙

Lvl 10

∙ 5y ago

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