In a pond, tadpoles eat algae and fish eat the tadpoles. Above the pond, grasshoppers eat grass and, at night, are preyed upon by bats. Other bats eat the fish that eat the tadpoles. In this community, the tadpoles are:

A. primary producers.
B. primary consumers.
C. secondary consumers.
D. tertiary consumers.
E. detritivores.


B

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