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What are primary, secondary and tertiary consumer?

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Primary consumers are those that consume the primary producers (plants). For example- rabbits consume grass.
Secondary consumers are those that consume the primary consumers (herbivores). For example- Snakes that consumes rabbit.

Tertiary consumers are those that eats the secondary consumers (large predators). For example, owls that eat snakes.

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