A bird stalks, kills, and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the bird?
A)herbivore, decomposer
B)producer, heterotroph
C)carnivore, consumer
D)autotroph, herbivore

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The bird is a carnivore because it eats meat (insects), and it is a consumer because it consumes other organisms for energy, rather than producing its own energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

A Bird Stalks, Kills, and Then Eats an Insect