Question

why animals are called consumers?​

Answer 1

Answer:

because they can not prepare there own foood and they take food from other animals and plants.

Explanation:

Consumers are those who get food from others.Plants prepare there own food but animals can't make there own food that's why animals are called consumers.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Some animals eat these producers. These animals are called consumers because they consume something else to get their food.

As herbivores only ever eat producers, they are primary consumers in the second trophic level of the food chain.