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Decomposers, detrivores, and scavengers feed on dead organic material. How are decomposers different from scavengers and detrivores?.

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Okay, so a detrivore is a type of decomposer.

Basically, scavengers eat their food while decomposers do not eat the food, but instead break it down further externally.

The difference between a decomposer and the scavenger is that the scavenger is the one that consumes dead plants, animals or carrion to break down the organic materials into small particles.

The decomposer instead consumes the remains produced by the scavengers.

Examples of decomposers can be bacteria and fungi.

Examples of scavengers can be animals (like insects, birds, little critters)

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