Species Cards

Consumer

Group:

Animal

Anything that eats food, like this Canada goose (Branta canadensis), is a consumer. Erica Bower

© Erica Bower

Anything that eats food, like this Canada goose (Branta canadensis), is a consumer

Food chain :

What it eats :

Eaten by:

Habitat:

Woodland; Wildflower Grassland; PondWoodland; Wildflower Grassland; Pond

Description:

Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms. Animals and fungi are consumers. Those that eat plants are called primary consumers, those that eat creatures that eat plants are called secondary consumers. Fungi that consume dead plants are called decomposers.

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