Is a lion a secondary consumer or primary consumer?

Answer 1

Generally, no. Remember that tertiary level consumers must eat organisms which themselves would hunt (secondary level consumers). The diet of lions primarily consists of grazing animals such as gazelle, deer, zebras, etc. These are primary consumers (i.e. they eat plants), thus unless a lion eats a hunting animal (in rare instances, lions may hunt each other if food is scarce though this is the exception, not the rule) it is a secondary consumer.

Answer 2

Lions are at the top of the food chain and can be considered to be secondary consumers. Perhaps if they become desperate for food, they might 'stoop' to eating smaller prey. Then they would be primary consumers. It would be a big problem for them if they had to do so since the pride is usually large with many to feed.

Answer 3

A secondary, because it eats things like zebra and antelope, which eat grass.

Answer 4

lions are secondary consumers in the food chain which means they get the energy from the primary consumers which get their energy from the producers which get their energy from the sun.

Answer 5

Lions are secondary consumers. They feed on primary consumers.

Answer 6

is a lion a secondary consumer or primary

Answer 7

Secondary