Scavengers

 

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Name: King Vulture
Description: Very large bird has a wing span of 4 feet and is 32 inches long. They follow other vultures to other dead or dying bodies of animals. All though they eat dead rotting flesh King Vultures are also known to eat weakened or sick animals.
Habitat: They live in tropical rainforests on South and Central America.
Diet: Rotting flesh

Name: Termite
Description: Workers are close to 5 mm. in length. The queen is close to 10 cm. in length. They have colonies made up of King/Queen,Soldier,Worker.
Habitat: Tropical place like the Rainforest,they live all over the Earth.
Diet: Dead plant material like:Plants,leaves,and dung.

Ant killing soldier termite.
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