Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers, and carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Animals and people who eat both animals and plants are called omnivores.

Some flesh eating or carnivorous animals eat flesh of the first order consumers or herbivorous creatures, for example, rabbit, goat, deer, sheep etc. So they are called the second order consumers. A frog eats insects, so it is second order consumer. Some carnivores eat other carnivore animals.

A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers. Primary consumers eat primary producers. Primary producers are autotrophs, organisms that make their own food. Secondary consumers are usually carnviores (meat eaters) but can also be omnivores.

Carnivores eat other consumers. This means they eat other animals. Animals that eat both producers and consumers are called omnivores.

Primary consumers, mostly herbivores, exist at the next level, and secondary and tertiary consumers, omnivores and carnivores, follow.

The four types of consumers in ecology are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers. An example of an herbivore would be a horse or a cow. A carnivore is a consumer who eats meat, or something that consumes other consumers.

The second trophic level consists of organisms that eat the producers. These are called primary consumers, or herbivores. Deer, turtles, and many types of birds are herbivores. Secondary consumers eat the herbivores.

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The difference between a producer and a consumer is that a producer makes their own food, and a consumer depends on other organisms for their food. A example of a consumer is a human and a bumble bee.