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Why are vultures not decomposers?
Vultures are decomposers because they eat dead animals. They don't kill animals like consumers do.
If an organism eats decomposers is it a decomposer?
An organism that eats live or freshly killed decomposers is a consumer. That could be a rodent eating a mushroom or a bird eating an earthworm. If the decomposers that are being consumed are already dead and decaying, and if they are being reduced to basic nutrients, then the eating organism is a decomposer. It will probably be a bacteria or fungus or earthworm or fly maggot.
Is horse a decomposer?
A horse is not a decomposer but it is a consumer because it eats live organisms. Decomposers eat dead organisms.
Is a leopard a decomposer?
When a lion hunts, the pride generally eats everything from a kill. Anything that is left is picked over by scavengers. Once the scavengers are finished, the decomposers come in to eat anything that is left. Decomposers are things like bacteria, fungi, and worms.
Is an insect a producer consumer or decomposer?
Insects are consumers. Generally if something is not a plant, then it's a consumer. If it eats dead things then it is a scavenger. Fungi are decomposers.
What eats or break down dead things?
detrivores
What eats the peregrine?
Nothing eats a peragrine falcon unless the falcon is dead and decaying. In which it is detritus so it is eaten by decomposers.
What eats down organic materials?
Decomposers like fungi and banana slugs
What eats a vulture?
i think nothing eats it but decomposers (when the vulture dies)
Is a horseshoe crab a omivore?
Yes, it is even though it eats decomposers a worm is meat.
What eats the decomposers?
Other decomposer sometimes animals do when food is scarce hope it helped
What does detritivore mean tell me or i will call the FBI to kill you?
A living organism that eats decomposers
What organism eats dead plants and animals and helps recycle them?
Decomposers such as fungi and bacteria
Why are vultures not decomposers?
Vultures are decomposers because they eat dead animals. They don't kill animals like consumers do.
If an organism eats decomposers is it a decomposer?
An organism that eats live or freshly killed decomposers is a consumer. That could be a rodent eating a mushroom or a bird eating an earthworm. If the decomposers that are being consumed are already dead and decaying, and if they are being reduced to basic nutrients, then the eating organism is a decomposer. It will probably be a bacteria or fungus or earthworm or fly maggot.
What eats skavengers?
Once scavengers die, decomposers eat the scavengers. Decomposers are worms, mushrooms,bugs, flies, and other insects and animals that feed on rotting flesh.
What organism eats dead plants and animals and helps recycle them too?
Decomposer
