Rainforest Decomposer

And the last organism in a food chain is the decomposer. Decomposers are organisms that break things down. This category includes earthworms, mushrooms, bacteria, fungus, and so on and a very well known one that lives in the rainforest is the banana slug. Bacteria and other decomposers break dead things down. If a jaguar dies, some decomposers will come and start breaking down the body. This makes the soil richer and allows plants to grow. The producer then uses this rich soil to grow and thus starts the food chain all over again. And now the cycle goes like this: the sun gives energy to the producer, which gives energy to the primary consumer, which gives energy to the secondary consumer, which gives energy to the decomposer, which starts the cycle over again.