What is the difference between saprophytes and scavengers?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Saprophytes are organisms that obtain nutrients from decaying organic matter, breaking it down externally using enzymes. Scavengers, on the other hand, feed on dead animals or plants by consuming the materials directly. While both play a crucial role in decomposition and nutrient cycling in ecosystems, saprophytes break down organic matter externally, while scavengers consume it directly.

Answer 3

Saprophytes are mainly microorganisms like fungi and bacteria. They decompose externally. Scavengers are mainly animals like Hyenas and Vultures which eat the flesh directly.

Answer 4

scavengers can highly concave animals or plants but saprophytes are microorganisms

Answer 5

fungi derive nutrition from dead decaying mater they are saprothrophs plant like cuscuta they take food from the host plant they are parasite..