Animals In The Desert Food Chain

The Sahara desert food chain also includes large predators like striped hyena sand cat fox hawks and eaglesSome animals eat both plants and animalsThese are called omnivores.

Animals in the desert food chain. The hawk is like many other large predators in the desert such as a kit foxes falcons and vultures. Man is the top predator in any desert environment whether by intention or accident. Then the primary consumers which are the herbivores eat the producers.

Chacahuala They are large reptiles inhabiting arid regions. Another example would be of the horned lizard that feeds on herbivores and takes place of the secondary consumer in the food chain. When the snake is eaten by a hawk the hawk becomes larger predator and the snake becomes another prey.

A stream reef side of a pool field and woodland are all instances of an ecosystem. For example scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. They learn the difference between producers and consumers and study how these organisms function within their communities as participants in various food chains.

Your browser does not support the audio element. With a continued focus on the Sonoran Desert students are introduced to the concepts of food chains and food webs. This is an example of a food chain in the desert.

Then it goes on to the producers like Spinifex Grass and Eucalyptus there many others than these two. Of course the animals herbivores carnivores or omnivores depend totally on the plants the foundation of the food chain for survival. An example of this is the coyote.

Sixth graders examine the prairie food chain while designing a rescue strategy for an endangered species. Food chains and food webs in the Mojave Desert are similar. Plant- eating animals the herbivores or primary consumers become the second.