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Are scavengers example of saprophytes

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No scavangers are not saprotrophs. Scavangers are the organisms that feed on dead plants, dead animals and breaks its organic matter into smaller particles. Eg of scavangers are birds, crabs , insect and worms. On the other hand saprotrophs is the other name of decomposers. For eg. Fungi.
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