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Consumption (ecology)
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Consumer (food chain)
Consumers
are organisms of an ecological
food chain
that receive energy by consuming other organisms. These organisms are formally referred to as
heterotrophs
, which include
animals
,
bacteria
and
fungi
. Such organisms may consume by various means, including
predation
,
parasitization
, and
biodegradation
.
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