why Eagles and vultures are not considered as saprophytes even if the depend on dead and decaying matter
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because it is sintifically not proved that it is so
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Eagles and vultures are called saprotrophs.This is the suitable word instead of saprophytes because phytes means plants.
Explanation:
- Vultures are scavengers as they feed upon dead animals.
- So, the word saprophyte is not suitable for eagle and vultures.
- Instead of saprophyte the word saprotroph was suitable term for eagle and vultures.
- They are not considered as saprotrophs,because saprotrophs take their nutrition from dead and decaying matter by dissolving them and absorbing through their body surface.
- Scavengers play an important role the food web.
- They keep an ecosystem free of the bodies of dead animals or carrion.
- Scavengers break down this organic material and recycle it into the ecosystem as nutrients.
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