ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Animals that eat insects.
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Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
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Organisms that eat only plants
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Things that feed on dead, rotting organisms (roadkill)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detritivores are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains. For example, scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. Dung beetles eat animal feces.
Detailed explanation-2: -Animals, who eat the flesh of dead animals, as food are called Scavengers. Example: vultures, hyena, coyote, raccoon, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hyenas are a specialized type of carnivore called a scavenger. Scavengers consume the bodies of animals the scavenger did not kill.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators. While scavenging generally refers to carnivores feeding on carrion, it is also a herbivorous feeding behavior.