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A tertiary consumer is an animal that eats secondary consumers (which are carnivores).
For example:
Grasshoppers are primary consumers (herbivores) because they eat grass.
Rats are secondary consumers (carnivores) because they eat grasshoppers.
Snakes are tertiary consumers because they eat rats.
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∙ 6y agoIt is a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on animals at all trophic levels. They can also be called scavengers.
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∙ 15y agoThird-order consumer examples: Polar Bear, Golden Eagle, Nile Crocodile Example: the Nile Crocodile eats a lion, which had eaten a Wildebeest, which had been feeding on grass.
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∙ 14y agocarnivorous consumer such as an owl that feeds directly on second-order consumers such as snakes
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∙ 14y agoA 3rd level consumer is called a tertiary consumer
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∙ 6y agoA tertiary consumer is a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
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∙ 14y agotertiary consumer
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∙ 15y agohawks, owls, eagles, wolves, etc.
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What level consumer is a raccoon?
2nd level consumer
What level consumer is praying mantis?
A praying mantis is a second level consumer.
Is a alfalfa a first level consumer and a second level consumer?
alfalfa is a plant that cannot be a seconed leval consumer
What level consumer is a beetle?
1st type consumer
What kind of animals eat a fourth level consumer?
Snakes are one example. The producer for that specific example could be shrubs and grasses, the primary consumer could be grasshoppers, the secondary consumer could be mice, and the third level consumer could be snakes.
Can a hawk be a 3rd level consumer?
yes they are
What level consumer is a cheetah?
a moose is a first level consumer. he/she eat plants.
What is a 3RD level consumer?
An animal that eats 2nd level consumers. the 3rd level consumers are animals that mostly eat 2nd level consumers.
What is the 3rd feeding level of a food chain?
It is the tertiary consumer.
Is an eagle 2nd and third order consumer?
An eagle would be a 3rd order consumer because it eats other animals and 3rd level is carnivore.
What are third level consumer called?
consumers
What is a herbivore and a third level consumer?
a herbivore is a 2nd level consumer it only eats small animals also plants, worms, and birdy nuts.A 3rd level consumer only eats meat meat meat......
What is the name given for the third consumer of plant life?
The third level of consumer is called the tertiary consumer.
What is the 3Rd level consumer for saguaro national park?
bobcats and Mouton loins
Is a elf owl a 3rd level consumer?
a predator, pls
Is a polar bear a 1consumer or a 2 consumer or 3 consumer?
Polar bears are tertiary (3rd level) consumers.
What are the levels of a consumer?
1st Level consumers are Herbivores. 2nd Level consumers are Carnivores and Omnivores. 3rd Level consumers are Carnivores AND omnivores Humans ar omnivores
