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Predator and prey relationships are an important part of the ecosystem. Explain how the Orcas and leopard seals are tertiary consumers?

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A tertiary consumer is an animal that obtains its nutrition by eating primary consumers and secondary consumers. Usually tertiary consumers are carnivorous predators, although they may also be omnivores, which are animals that feed on both meat and plant material.