Which part of the food web does this roadrunner belong to?

1. Producer.

   No. A producer captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. To do that, the organism needs to contain chlorophyll.

2. Primary Consumer.

   No. Primary consumers eat producers. In spite of what you may have seen in cartoons, roadrunners do not eat plants or bird seed.

3. Secondary Consumer

   Yes! Secondary consumers eat other consumers. Roadrunners are predators, and eat lizards, snakes, mice, and many other small animals.

4. Decomposer

   No. Roadrunners may occasionally scavenge freshly killed animals, but they are not decomposers.

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