Carnivores
Carnivores are secondary - tertiary consumers. They consume plants for energy. If there were no Carnivores went down the Herbivores well go up and also plants well go down also to. Carnivores are animals that eat other animal to stay alive.
"Amazon River Dolphin"
Inia geoffrensis
Photo courtesy/copyright Roxanne Kremer, . http://www.isptr-pard.org/
The International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest & Preservation of the Amazonian River Dolphins
| Name: | Amazon River Dolphin/''Boto'' |
| Description: | it looks like a big fish it can protect them self from sharks by hiting them in the side with there nose |
| Habitat: | South America in the Amazon and Orinoco River Systems |
| Diet: | Their diet is crabs, shrimps,and other fish ( especially piranha and the armored catfish |
| Name: | Bush Dog |
| Description: | They grow to about a foot at the shoulder and weigh about 10-15 pounds. There animal travel in a small packs . Females give birth to 1-6 babies. |
| Habitat: | Rain forest and other areas of Central and South America. Amazon rain forest. |
| Diet: | Mainly rodents ( like agoutis and capybaras) |
"Bush Dog"
Speothos venaticus
Photo © Tom Brakefield/CORBIS, Courtesy Ron Kalasinskas
Bush Pig"
Potamochoerus porcus
Photo copyright Dierentuin.Net/courtesy Michel van Osenbrugge
| Name: | Bush Pig Red River Hog |
| Description: | it is very big ,young bush pigs are striped at birth. The life span of a bush pig is about 10-15 years. |
| Habitat: | Forest, moist savanna, and grassland, Africa and Madagacar. |
| Diet: | Planets, grasses, leaves,roots,frogs,mice and earthworms. |