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===Meaning===
A '''consumer''' is an [[organism]] that feeds off other [[organisms]].
===About Consumers===
: : A [[consumer]] cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.
: A [[consumer]] might eat a [[producer]], or it might eat another [[consumer]].
: [[Consumer]]s can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where they are in a [[Food Chain|food chain]].
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[giraffe]] is a primary [[consumer]] and the [[lion]] is a secondary [[consumer]].
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|[[File:FoodChain6.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the grasshopper, pied flycatcher, skunk and vulture are all [[consumer]]s.
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