LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes are called
A
detritivores
B
omnivores
C
heterotrophs
D
scavengers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While most carnivores hunt and kill their prey, scavengers usually consume animals that have either died of natural causes or been killed by another carnivore. Scavengers are a part of the food web, a description of which organisms eat which other organisms in the wild.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scavengers, like a king vulture, are animals that consume the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of other causes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heterotroph that consumes the carcasses of. dead animals but does not typically kill them. itself.

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