Secondary Consumers are also at home on the forest floor . Tiny shrews devour the insects, and frogs catch insects as they fly by. There are many insect-eating birds as well, some of which, like the woodpecker, are adapted to finding insects in the trees. Weasels eat small animals, and racoons eat animals, fishes, frogs, and fruit. Owls eat voles and chipmunks.
Insects live as parasites on other animals.
Large secondary consumers, such as wolves, bears, and cougars, are the only ones who can bring down deer or elk. However, once they have made a kill, smaller carnivores may move in to get a share. The larger carnivores may also eat smaller ones sometimes. There are other animals in this food web, such as foxes, beavers, black birds, and porcupines. Because the plants do so well, animals flourish too.