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Consumers that only eat dead organisms may be decomposers, which include bacteria and fungi and break down dead matter into smaller nutrients. Another category of organisms that consume dead animals are scavengers, which feed on the leftovers of other predators and include vultures and heinas. Decomposers will eat both dead plants and animals, whereas scavengers usually eat dead animals.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoScavengers will prefer to seek out already dead animals rather than hunting them directly. Popular examples would be hyenas, vultures, crows, and raccoons.
Few animals live exclusively off of scavenging, instead hunting live prey when their environment is low in carrion.
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∙ 14y agoa DECOMPOSER! they break down dead things for food and process it back into the earth! fungi and worms are types of decomposers!
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∙ 9y agoA type of animal that eats organisms that are already dead are is called a scavenger. Examples of scavengers are vultures and hyenas.
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∙ 13y agoAn animal that eats dead organisms is called a scavenger.
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∙ 12y agoA scavenger is a term for an organism that consumes mostly or only dead or dying organisms. A decomposer is a type of scavenger that breaks down corpses of animals, like a fungus or bacteria.
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What animal starts with a v and eats dead animals?
It is a Vulture
What does carrion what does carrion mean?
An animal that eats dead or rotting meat such as a Vulture.
What animal eats dead or decaying animals?
wolfs, lions, bears, and just about any other carnivorous creature.
Animal that eats a dead or dying animal that it finds?
If you're looking for the word, it is 'scavenger.' Examples are hyenas, vultures, crows, and raccoons.
What do you called the animal that eats other animals?
prey also called carnivores. if the animal also eats plants, it's called an omnivore.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------just leave it at 'prey' that is the simplest answerpredetors
Is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms?
No, a carnivore is an animal that eats only meat. Scavengers (hawks, vultures) eat dead animals and organisms like bacteria also feed on dead animals.
What are animals that eat dead plants or animals?
Vultures eat dead animals and that's the only animal i know.
What are organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms?
an organism that gets energy from another organism is a consumer. they fall into many catergories. # carnivore- kills and eats another organism # parasite- feeds of a host but keeps the host organism alive for as long as possible # herbivore- eats plant organisms # omnivore- eats both plant and animal organisms # scavengers- eats dead organisms
What is the bacteria organism that eats dead organisms?
Saprophyte
What kind of animal eats dead plants and animal?
scavenger
What animal eats dead plats and animal?
A herbivore
What kind of bacterria eats dead organisms?
Eubacteria & Achebacteria.
How does a scavenger remove dead or decaying organisms from Earth?
Scavengers remove dead organisms from the ground by digging them out. If its so deep into the ground they will dig until they reach the dead organisms.
When an animal eats another dead animal what is it acting as?
A carnivore/scavenger.
What is a bacterial organism that eats dead organisms?
consumer bacteria or saprophyte
A living thing that feeds on dead plants and animals is a?
An animal that eats, only other dead organisms is called a scavenger. An example might be crows or vultures.
Is a bunny a decomposer?
NO. a decomposer breaks things down such as dead animal or even dead plants... emphasis on the DEAD
