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Typical primary consumers are considered herbivorous (eating plant matter). Due to their feeding ecology and anatomical adaptations for a herbivorous diet, it is unlikely that a true primary consumer would eat a secondary consumer. However, if the primary consumer is more omnivorous (eating plant and animal matter), then it is possible that they may consume some meat from a fallen predator if the opportunity and need arises. A more common scenario would be where an omnivorous (though mostly herbivorous) animal, such as a lemur, might eat a spider, a predatory arthropod.
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What are three types of consumers in terms of primary secondary and?
Primary consumers are herbivores that eat plants directly. Secondary consumers are carnivores that eat primary consumers. Tertiary consumers are carnivores that eat secondary consumers.
Are all herbivores primary consumers?
Yes, a maple tree produces its own food and there for is a primary consumer, anything that eats the maple tree would be a secondary consumer.
Are crickets secondary consumers?
No, crickets are not considered secondary consumers. They are primary consumers, as they mainly feed on plants and organic matter. Secondary consumers are animals that primarily feed on primary consumers.
When you eat a hamburger you are the a decomposer b producer c primary consumer d secondary consumer e tertiary consumer?
When you eat a hamburger, you are a secondary consumer. As a secondary consumer, you are consuming meat from an animal that ate plants (primary consumer) or other animals (secondary consumers) in the food chain.
Is a aphid a secondary consumer?
No, aphids are primary consumers in the food chain as they feed directly on plants by sucking sap from their leaves or stems. Secondary consumers typically eat primary consumers or other secondary consumers.
What is a secondary primary and Tertiary consumer?
Primary consumers eat primary producers(plant-eaters). Secondary consumers eat primary consumers (meat-eaters) Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. Quaternary consumers eat tertiary consumers.
What is a meat eater that eats secondary consumers called?
Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. They are carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores (animals that eat both animals and plants). THEY ARE TERITARY CONSUMERS!!
Penguins secondary consumers?
Yes they are secondary consumers because they eat fish, which is sort of the meat of the sea.
What are the secondary consumers in a food chain?
Carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores are secondary consumers because they eat primary consumers.
Is a mouse primary or secondary consumer?
There are some mice that eat meat therefore mice can be secondary consumers since the meat they eat had other food.
What is secondary consumer in the food chain?
Well it depends on the environment. If it's a desert it's animals like bilby's and ant lions. Because they eat the bugs/insects/plants of the environment. (First consumers)
Is a puffin a primary consumer?
No, vultures are meat eaters so they are secondary consumers. Primary consumers eat vegetation
Are possums secondary consumer?
No they are Primary Consumers. They only eat plants they do not eat meat they are too small
Are zooplankton consumer?
Zooplankton are both primary and secondary consumers. If they eat algae or cyanobacteria they will be primary consumers. If they eat other zooplankton then they would be secondary consumers. Just as people may eat plants thus making them primary or eat meat making them secondary.
What do consumers eat secondary consumers?
Secondary Consumers eat other primary consumers. Primary consumers eat plants or producers.
Is a wolf a secondary or tertiary consumer?
it's a tertiary consumer which are carnivores or meat eaters secondary consumers and omnivores or animals that eat both plants and other animals.
What are primary secondary and tertiary consumers in the tropical rain forest?
Well, hello there, friend! In the tropical rainforest, primary consumers are plant-eaters like insects and monkeys. Secondary consumers are animals that eat the primary consumers, such as snakes and birds. Tertiary consumers are at the top of the food chain and they eat the secondary consumers, like jaguars and eagles. Each one plays a vital role in keeping the delicate balance of the rainforest ecosystem. Isn't nature just amazing?
