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The terms detritivore and decomposer are often used interchangeably, but they describe different organisms. Detritivores are usually arthropods and help in the process of remineralization. Detritivores perform the first stage of remineralization, by fragmenting the dead plant matter, allowing decomposers to perform the second stage of ...
These beetles are believed to be non-specific decomposers eating rotten wood from many trees and shrubs and the fungi that grow upon them, however, Phloeodes diabolicus is noted to be found most frequently underneath the bark of decomposing oak trees and believed to prefer white rot fungi as a food source.
The first record of a golden eagle eating eggs was recorded when a golden eagle was observed consuming Canada goose (Branta canadensis) eggs in eastern Idaho. [142] After galliforms, the next most significant group of prey among birds is the corvid family, making up 4.1% of the diet from around the range.
Many stories of Brazilian indigenous peoples speak about children mauled by Uiruuetê, the Harpy Eagle in Tupi language. [citation needed] Various large raptors like golden eagles are reported attacking human beings, [37] but its unclear if they intend to eat them or if they have ever been successful in killing one.
A golden eagle has been killed after it attacked at least four people, including a toddler, in Norway. The young bird was repeatedly involved in attacks on humans across a five-day period in early ...
The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is a large neotropical species of eagle. It is also called the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from the Papuan eagle, which is sometimes known as the New Guinea harpy eagle or Papuan harpy eagle. [5] It is the largest bird of prey throughout its range, [6] and among the largest extant species of eagles in ...
The chief medical examiner’s office on Thursday confirmed to CNN that Wolobah died of cardiopulmonary arrest after eating a food substance “with (a) high capsaicin concentration.”
The primary decomposer of litter in many ecosystems is fungi. [11] [12] Unlike bacteria, which are unicellular organisms and are decomposers as well, most saprotrophic fungi grow as a branching network of hyphae. Bacteria are restricted to growing and feeding on the exposed surfaces of organic matter, but fungi can use their hyphae to penetrate ...