These are organisms that consume other organisms for food. Depending on their food sources consumers fall into three major classes:
-Herbivores-plant eaters' primary consumers that feed directly on all or part of a plant e.g. grasshoppers, cows etc.
-Carnivores animal eaters'. Secondary and higher level consumers which feed on plant eating animals e.g. lion
-Omnivores plant and animal eaters'...e.g. pigs, rats, cockroaches, humans
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