Some consumers, like lions, do not eat plants or any other producers. They only eat other animals.How do lions obtain the carbon they need?

Lions get carbon through their food. The animals they eat have carbon-based molecules in their bodies, which came originally from producers and then moved through the food chain. Lions do not obtain the carbon they need by breathing in carbon dioxide, absorbing it from soil, or drinking carbonated water.

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