Question

Identify the following food chain:
$\text{Dead animal}\to \text{Blow fly Maggots}\to \text{Common Frog}\to \text{Snake}$

Answer 1

Detritus food chain

• The detritus food chain usually operates in soil or benthic zones where the first trophic level is made up of dead and decaying organic matter. The second trophic level is made up of detritivores that feed on the detritus and fragment it.
• $\text{Dead animal}\to \text{Blow fly Maggots}\to$$\text{Common Frog}\to \text{Snake}$
• This is an example of a detritus food chain which starts with the breakdown of dead remains of an animal by a detritivore such as Blow fly Maggots.

The detritivore converts the complex organic molecules into simpler inorganic molecules which are then passed to aquatic organisms like Frogs and Snakes.

Final answer
(d) Detritus food chain