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Is a wolf considered a secondary consumer?

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Yes. Wolves are secondary consumers. As principally carnivorous animals wolves rely on the flesh of other animals (mainly herbivores) that because they eat food sources powered /fed by sunlight (grasses,etc) they are considered primary consumers in a bottom up model of energy flow through an ecological system. read more

Wolves are secondary consumers. As principally carnivorous animals wolves rely on the flesh of other animals (mainly herbivores) that because they eat food sources powered /fed by sunlight (grasses,etc) they are considered primary consumers in a bottom up model of energy flow through an ecological system. read more

A wolf can be considered as both a secondary and primary consumer because they feed on both primary and primary and secondary consumers. As a secondary consumer, wolves can feed on plant eaters [primary consumers] such as elk which is an herbivore. read more

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