Are Turtles Producers or Consumers?

Turtles are consumers as they eat producers or organisms that eat producers. The word consumer in biology is used to describe an organism that cannot synthesize energy from the sun and therefore does not produce its own food, but instead eats other organisms. Producers make their own food. For example, plants are producers as they make their own food using photosynthesis. Furthermore, when considering producers and consumers turtles would be considered both primary and secondary consumers as they feast upon both plants and animals.

The diet of turtles depends on the particular species, however in their natural habitats they typically eat a variety of foods according to the season.