Scavengers Page
The Scavengers roll is to eat the uneaten parts of the dead animals. There are a lot of different scavengers in the Amazon Rainforest. Some Scavengers of the rainforest are the earthworm, vultures, cokroach, catfish, and more. The detritus food chain is important because if we didn't have scavengers there would be dead organisms everywhere. If there were dead organisms all over the place it would spread diseses around. the dead organisms are a waste of enery also. When the scavenger eats the organism it gets that engery. That is why scavengers are a important part of the food chain.

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Name: King Vulture
Description: The King Vulture 32 inches in length and has a wing span of up to 4 feet. They are the most colorful vulture and if the largest vulture.
Habitat: They live in dense tropical rainforest in Central and South America.
Diet: Carrion(decaying flesh of dead body).
Name: Earthworm
Description: They eat decaying plant mater such as leavse and grass. The Earthworm breaths through is skin.They move move soil around to allow more air and water in.
Habitat: In the soil of the forest floor of a rainforest.
Diet: Dead plant material.

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