Is a platypus a producer consumer or decomposer?

Answer 1

A platypus is a secondary consumer. Secondary consumers are animals that eat primary consumers, and although platypuses do not eat fish, they do eat other primary consumers such as crustaceans, insect larvae and annelid worms.

Answer 2

A kangaroo is a consumer, as they are grazers.

A producer is an organism that would create its own food. E.g., a plant.

A consumer is an organism that consumers another. E.g. a kangaroo or a lion.

A decomposer is a an organism that would consume the decaying matter of another organism. This includes saprotrophs, which live on their food. E.g. a fungus.

Answer 3

A platypus is a consumer as it feeds on other organisms for energy, such as insects, worms, and small crustaceans. It is not a producer, which are organisms that can create their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, nor is it a decomposer, which breaks down dead organic matter.

Answer 4

Consumer