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Primary Consumers
Herbivores such as ants and other insects, rats and mice, and some reptiles.
Golden Mole
Herbivores such as ants and other insects, rats and mice, and some reptiles.
Golden Mole
- a very small, furry animal, is a primary consumer in this ecosystem.
- They can anticipate attacks on them, but are still endangered due to hunting by jackals.
- These animals live underground - they burrow to escape the sun.
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Secondary Consumers
Small Carnivores such as snakes, insect-eating lizards, and tarantulas.
Rosy Boa
Small Carnivores such as snakes, insect-eating lizards, and tarantulas.
Rosy Boa
- a nocturnal animal which takes refuge underground during the day, and comes out at nicht to get its prey.
- Rosy Boas are animals that many people keep as pets and some people breed them to.
- Average lifespan of a Rosy boa is 20 or more years.
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Tertiary Consumers
Carnivores - these are high level consumers; carnivores that will eat other carnivores, such as mountain lions and coyotes.
Cougar
Carnivores - these are high level consumers; carnivores that will eat other carnivores, such as mountain lions and coyotes.
Cougar
- In its habitat the cougar does what it wants, and eats what it wants.
- The cougar is a close relative of the jungle planther, but the cougar has adapted to the desert and has shorter fur and a brown and white coat to blend in with the desert surroundings.