Question

What are the differences between saprophytic nutrition and feeding in mammals?

Answer 1

Saprophytic nutrition:
1) It is the process of nutrition in which a organism take food from dead decaying matter using special extracellular digestion.

2) This type of nutrition occurs in saprotrophs  as well as in the heterotrophs

3) This is generally related to fungi and bacteria.

Feeding in mammals:

1) Mammals are heterotrophs which usually eat different foods. They are different from saprophytic organisms  because they may prey the living organism and make them their food.

2) They may be carnivores as well as the herbivores  and can also the omnivores.

Answer 2

Saprophytic nutrition is a type of chemo-heterotrophic extracellular digestion that involves processing of decayed organic matter. They feed on the rotten material. Saprotrophic plants are called saprophytes and the saprophytic microbes are saprobes. Many fungi and soil bacteria are examples of saprophytes.

Mammals are heterotrophs i.e., they obtain their food from other organisms. They ingest large amounts of food at a time. The mammals who feed on meat and insect eater are called as carnivores, plant eaters are herbivores, and those who eat plants and meat are omnivorous.