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Yes a scavenger is just a type of organism, which means that this organism does not primarily catch its own food but instead feeds off the wast or kill of another organism.

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An organism that eats dead palnts or animals is a?

scavenger


An organism that eats dead plants or animals is a?

scavenger


An organism that feeds on dead things day and night?

Scavenger.


What organism eats a scavenger?

Usually, the organism which eats the scavenger, is the 2nd of 1st Consumer.


Is a deer a scavenger?

No, a deer is not a scavenger because a scavenger is an organism that feeds on the tissue of dead animals. A deer would be a consumer because it can not make its own food and it eats producers like vegetation.


An organism that eats animals that have already died?

A scavenger is an organism that consumes dead animals as its primary food source. Scavengers play a crucial role in ecosystems by helping to clean up dead organic matter and recycling nutrients back into the environment. Examples of scavengers include vultures, hyenas, and certain types of beetles.


What is a consumer that feeds upon organisms that other organisms have killed?

it is some kind of organism that eats roadkill scavenger?


What is a heterotrophic organism that consumes dead or decayed tissue and helps to recycle nutrients in an ecosystem?

It could be a scavenger or a decomposer.


What is a consumers that feed upon organisms that other organisms have killed?

it is some kind of organism that eats roadkill scavenger?


What would be an aquatic scavenger?

A scavenger is a carnivore (meat-eater) that feeds off of the scrap left behind by predators. Commonly known scavengers are vulchers and hyenas. A marine scavenger in a scavenger that lives in water.


Is a scavenger a autotrophic or a heterotrophic?

A scavenger is a heterotrophic organism, meaning it relies on consuming dead organic matter for its energy and nutrients. Autotrophic organisms, on the other hand, are able to produce their own energy through processes like photosynthesis.


Which term describes an organism such as a dung beetle or a cockroach that consumes decaying or dead organic material as its primary source of nutrition?

Decomposer, scavenger or carrion-eater