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  2. Detritivore - Wikipedia

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    Earthworms are soil-dwelling detritivores. Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces). [1] There are many kinds of invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants that carry out coprophagy.

  3. Amphipoda - Wikipedia

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    Amphipoda (/ æ m ˈ f ɪ p ə d ə /) is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods (/ ˈ æ m f ɪ p ɒ d z /) range in size from 1 to 340 millimetres (0.039 to 13 in) and are mostly detritivores or scavengers.

  4. List of feeding behaviours - Wikipedia

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    Circular dendrogram of feeding behaviours A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of plasma being expelled as a waste) A rosy boa eating a mouse whole A red kangaroo eating grass The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle An American robin eating a worm Hummingbirds primarily drink nectar A krill filter feeding A Myrmicaria brunnea ...

  5. Decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Organisms that do this are known as decomposers or detritivores. Although no two organisms decompose in the same way, they all undergo the same sequential stages of decomposition. The science which studies decomposition is generally referred to as taphonomy from the Greek word taphos, meaning tomb. Decomposition can also be a gradual process ...

  6. Minecraft server - Wikipedia

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    The oldest anarchy server in Minecraft; there is no officially set list of rules, allowing the use of cheats and obscene language ingame. Its map is one of the longest-running server maps in the game. It has since updated to Minecraft version 1.20 after previously running on Minecraft version 1.12 for many years. [25] [26] [27] Autcraft: 2013

  7. Geotrupidae - Wikipedia

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    They are commonly called earth-boring dung beetles or dor beetles. [1] Most excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs. They are typically detritivores , provisioning their nests with leaf litter (often moldy), but are occasionally coprophagous , similar to dung beetles .

  8. 12 reasons you aren't losing weight even though you're eating ...

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    People were told to eat as much as they wanted. Those on the ultra-processed diet ate around 500 more calories per day and gained about one pound over the two-week testing period.

  9. Freshwater snail - Wikipedia

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    Most feed on algae, but many are detritivores and some are filter feeders. Freshwater snails are indirectly among the deadliest animals to humans, as they carry parasitic worms that cause schistosomiasis, a disease estimated to kill between 10,000 and 200,000 people annually. [1] [2]