Necrophage
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Necrophages are organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead animal biomass.[1] The term derives from Greek nekros, meaning 'dead', and phagein, meaning 'to eat'.
In popular culture[]
- The Witcher series, where 'necrophages' is a broad group of monsters that feed on corpses.
- Endless Legend, featuring the Necrophage faction, an insectoid species that both feed on corpses and inject living creatures with eggs that hatch upon death, consuming the corpse in the process.
- Stellaris has an expansion which allows the player to play as alien undead with the necrophage trait.
See also[]
- Thanatophage
- Detritivore
- Decomposer
- Saprotrophic nutrition
- Consumer-resource systems
References[]
- ^ Getz, Wayne M. (February 2011). "Biomass transformation webs provide a unified approach to consumer-resource modelling". Ecology Letters. 14 (2): 113–124. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01566.x. PMC 3032891. PMID 21199247.
Categories:
- Eating behaviors
- Mycology
- Soil biology