Scavengers
These animals are scavengers which means they eat dead things and compose them to nothing. They are secondary consumers which means they are animals that eat other animals.

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Name:

 Opossum
Description: The size of a cat grizzled white above; long white hairs cover black-tipped fur below. In some areas, individuals may appear grayish or blackish.
Habitat: Deciduous forests, open woods, brushy wastelands, and farmlands
Diet: cat food and dead animals

 

Name:

 White tailed hawk
Description: A large stocky hawk. Adult gray above, white below, with narrow but conspicuous black band on its short white tail, and refocus shoulder patch.
Habitat: Coastal prairies, grasslands, and semiarid scrub.
Diet: mice and rabbits and dead animals

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