Amazon Scavengers
The scavengers eat dead animals and plants. If there were no scavengers there would always be a bunch of dead rotting animals and plants lying around. The scavengers break them down into smaller particles which are eaten by the decomposers. They eat it and turn it into chemical parts which can be used by plants.

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Name: Opossum
Description: an Opossum is 250-350 mm long and weighs 220-680 grams.
Habitat: The Opossum lives in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil.
Diet: Small animals and insects. Also leaves seeds and fruit.
Name: Cockroach
Description: They are between 2.5-3.25 cm long and weighs .40-.95 grams.
Habitat: The Cockroach lives all over the world.
Diet: It eats plants, animals or anything it can.

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