Deer Bones

These are the bones of a deer. As you can see, nothing has gone to waste. The deer
probably provided food for a mountain lion first. Mountain Lions are carnivores and they eat only meat. The Mountain Lion got fed; then, other animals consumed the remaining carrion (flesh of a dead animal). You might be saying, “Ooooooooooooooh, yuck!” But, friends, what would be laying around all over the place if there were no carrion eaters in nature? Right, a bunch of dead animals would be laying around and that would be very unpleasant. So, carrion is eaten by the coyote, opossum, and the turkey vulture. These animals are omnivores which means that they eat meat AND plants. After these animals have eaten smaller pieces off of the bones, the FIBs come along and take care of the rest. Who are the FIBs? Do you remember? Fungi, Insects, and Bacteria are the FIBs. The FIBs decompose the remaining bits into soil. The soil provides a place for plants to take root. Plants grow, and who eats the plants? Deer eat the plants. Deer are called herbivores because they eat only plants. They are part of the food chain. This food chain is an efficient machine that provides food for every living creature on the planet.

Have you ever seen the bones of an animal?

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