Scavengers
Scavengers are animals that eat dead animals. They help with the decompostion of forest litter and animal waste. They area also food for other animals.

http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/frames.htm
Name: King Vulture
Description: Very large bird with a length up to 32" and a wingspan up to 4 feet.
Habitat: Dense tropical rainforests in Central and South America
Diet: Carrion (decaying flesh of a dead body)
Name: Cockroach
Description: They are flat and adult lenght is 1 mm- 9cm, they can be winged or wingless.
Habitat: It lives in the moist areas of the rainforest.
Diet: other cockroaches and waste.

http://jajhs.kana.k12.wv.us/amazon/cockrh.htm

 

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