A parasite feeds off living hosts, while scavengers and detritivores feed off dead organisms.
Some organisms commit necromeny: they stay in a latency stadium inside a host waiting until it dies naturally, and then, they feeds off its dead body, being saprophytes.
Yes, obligate saprophytes are organisms that can only survive by decomposing organic matter, while facultative saprophytes can switch between being parasitic and saprophytic depending on the availability of resources.
An organism that feeds off once-living organisms is called a scavenger. Scavengers consume decaying organic matter from dead plants or animals to obtain nutrients for survival. Examples of scavengers include vultures, hyenas, and beetles.
Decomposers break down organic matter into simpler substances, releasing nutrients back into the ecosystem. Scavengers consume already dead organic matter for energy, but do not break it down as extensively as decomposers.
They Live of live or Dead Organic matter
Saprophytes are also called saprotrophs or saprobes. They are organisms that obtain nutrients by decomposing dead organic matter.
scavengers can highly concave animals or plants but saprophytes are microorganisms
Yes, obligate saprophytes are organisms that can only survive by decomposing organic matter, while facultative saprophytes can switch between being parasitic and saprophytic depending on the availability of resources.
An organism that feeds off once-living organisms is called a scavenger. Scavengers consume decaying organic matter from dead plants or animals to obtain nutrients for survival. Examples of scavengers include vultures, hyenas, and beetles.
Saprophytes are the plants which derive their food from the dead and decaying organic matter
They are saprophytes because they live on other decaying matter for their food
Saprophytes
Saprophytes are fungi and live of dead and decaying matter, not live plant material
Decomposers break down organic matter into simpler substances, releasing nutrients back into the ecosystem. Scavengers consume already dead organic matter for energy, but do not break it down as extensively as decomposers.
Saprophytes
They Live of live or Dead Organic matter
hermit crab scavengers
no they are non-green