Primary Consumers

The next living organisms in the food chain are the primary consumers. These herbivores eat the producers. The primary consumers are animals such as monkeys, grasshopppers, beetles, slugs, and squirrels. They eat the plants such as bananas, but in some cases, the primary consumers are eaten buy the producers. Take the Venus flytrap for example. These plants eat unsuspecting vistors who are there for the nectar.