Food Web
ProducerA producer is a plant that produces it's own energy for food..
In the hedgehog's food chain, grass is the producer. |
ConsumerA consumer is an animal or plant that cannot make energy so it eats other animals to do it.
The badger, bear, hedgehog, and fox are the consumers in the hedgehog's food chain. |
Decomposer A decomposer is an animal or plant "recycle" dead plants and animals into the soil.
The mushroom or the worm is the decomposer is the hedgehog's food chain. |
Hedgehog's Food Chain
The hedgehog's food chain starts with grass, as shown as to the side. Hedgehog's eat grass, berries, and even worms. The hedgehog's predators are the badgers and foxes. They eat the hedgehog. A bear then comes next in line, and eats badgers or foxes, as in whichever one they prefer. Soon, the bear dies of old age, or of humans, and then worms or mushrooms decompose the bear.
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This is the worm that decomposes the bear.
The bear eats the badgers and the foxes. The badgers and foxes are the hedgehog's predators The deer, bunny, and hedgehog all eat grass. Grass. The producer of the hedgehog's ecosystem. |