Sunday, January 11, 2015

Big Idea 4-7


Detritivores are organisms that obtain their food through decomposing plants and animals as well as feces. Also known as decomposers, they effectively remove any waste in the environment to maintain space as well as on-going ecological cycles. Here, a pleco cattfish is sitting. Most species of pleco are known for consuming algae, detritus, or waste, and even wood.

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