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What is a secondary consumer in the Amazon rainforest?
Animals (spiders, birds, snakes) who eat the primary consumers (herbivores) are the SECONDARY CONSUMERS.
What are the secondary consumers of the rainforest?
The Producers and Consumers of the Tropical Rainforest
| Producers | Primary Consumers | Secondary Consumers |
|---|---|---|
| Trees, vines, mosses, grasses, tropical fruit trees, decomposers | Monkeys, birds | Tree frogs, giant spiders |
What are the consumers of Amazon rainforest?
The Primary Consumers – the macaws, monkeys, agouti, tapir, butterflies, sloths, toucans. The Secondary Consumers – the jaguar and boa constrictor. The Scavengers – the butterflies and other insects. The Decomposers or Detritivores – mushrooms, insects and microorganisms.
What are some secondary consumers in a tropical rainforest?
Secondary consumers of tropical rainforests include frogs, toads, sparrows, and woodpeckers. Tertiary consumers are carnivores that feed on the secondary consumers, and include the hawks, jackals, leopards, lions, tigers, etc.
Can a primary consumer eat a secondary consumer?
Secondary consumers consume either only primary consumers or they consume both primary consumers and producers. Tertiary consumers consume secondary consumers, and they may also consume primary consumers and producers. Thus, the secondary consumer eats primary consumers but the primary consumer only eats producers.
Do secondary consumers eat primary consumers?
Thus, the secondary consumer eats primary consumers but the primary consumer only eats producers. The tertiary consumer eats secondary consumers (and possibly primary consumers), but the secondary consumer does not. If the secondary consumer ate secondary consumers, it would be a tertiary consumer!
Can secondary consumers also be primary consumers?
What is unique about secondary consumers is that they can sometimes also be considered primary or tertiary consumers depending on the environment. For example, when squirrels eat nuts and fruits, it is a primary consumer. If a squirrel switches to eating insects or baby birds, then it is considered a secondary consumer.