Taylor: Organisms on Different levels of the same food chain

 

White Clover

Trifolium repens

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New England Cottontail 

Sylvilagus transitionalis

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Coyote

Canis Latrans

 

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Rabbit Carcass

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A variety of plant waste

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Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

 

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The rabbit eats the clover. Then, the rabbit gets eaten by the coyote. The rabbit's carcass gets mixed in along with other waste material (plant waste). The earthworm decomposes the carcass.