Which of the following explains the role of fruit bats as pictured in the rainforest food web shown above?

Diagram for a rainforest food web. The food web contains the following organisms: jaguar, parrot, python, frog, chimpanzee, fruit bat, insects, banana plant, fungi, and slime molds. The fungi and slime molds are at the bottom of the web and connected to the remaining organisms in the food web. The banana plant is connected to the fungi, slime molds, fruit bat, and insects. The fruit bat is connected to the fungi, slime molds, banana plant, and python. The insects are connected to the fungi, slime molds, banana plant, frog and parrot. The frog is connected to the fungi, slime molds, insects, and parrot. The chimpanzee is connected to the fungi, slime molds, banana plant, and jaguar. The parrot is connected to the fungi, slime molds, frog, jaguar, and python. The python is connected to the fungi, slime molds, the parrot, and the fruit bat. The jaguar is connected to the fungi, slime molds, chimpanzee, and parrot.

a) They are heterotrophs that depend on producers or other consumers for food.
b) They are saprotrophs that recycle organic waste into food.
c) They are autotrophs that use organic materials and sunlight to make food.
d) They are detritivores that rely on dead plant matter for food.

I believe the answer is A. They are heterotrophs that depend on producers or other consumers for food.
Heterotrophs are the type of organisms that couldn't produce their own food, so they need to absorb their energy by consuming nutrient from others.
Since Fruit bat gets their energy by eating Bananas, we could categorized this animal as heterotrophs.

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adioabiola adioabiola · Answer 2 · 2022-02-17T15:05:09+01:00

Fuit bats are heterotrophs that depend on producers or other consumers for food.

This above simply explains the role of fruit bats in the rainforest food web

However too, fruit bats are herbivores, specifically; frugivores. This goes to say that most of the food they feed on contains of fruits to a very large extent

What are heterotrophs?

These are organisms which do not and cannot produce their own food by themselves but depend on other organisms for their food. Unlike autotrophs, heterotrophic organisms are consumers in the the ecosystem units

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