what is another term for secondary consumer?
The first level is the primary consumer. The primary consumer is also called a herbivore because they only eat the plants. An elk or a squirrel are both examples of primary consumers. The primary consumer will not eat other animals and only eats other plants and fruit. The secondary consumer is known as a carnivore as it eats only animals. The secondary consumers eat the primary consumers. An example of this might be a secondary consumer cat who eats a primary consumer mouse. In some of the various ecosystems, there is a third consumer called the tertiary consumer. These consumers eat both secondary and primary consumers. These consumers are omnivores. Humans are tertiary consumers.