Primary Consumers

Real World Example

Imagine trying to balance your monthly budget, where you need to allocate your income to various expenses like rent, food, and utilities. Just like you rely on your paycheck as your primary source of income to meet your needs, primary consumers, which are herbivores, rely on plants as their main source of energy. In this analogy, your paycheck is like the plants that provide energy, while you, as the budget manager, are similar to the herbivores consuming what they need directly from the source to sustain themselves.