According to researchers, they came up with a worldwide average trophic level of humans - 2.21. However, most people belong to the third trophic level.
Trophic level is a measurement, a number which pertains to the proportion of diet in relation to the food chain. The following are the different trophic levels:
- Primary Producers - Plants
- Primary Consumers - Herbivores that eats plants
- Secondary Consumers - Carnivores that eat herbivores
- Tertiary Consumers - Carnivores that eat their fellow carnivores
- Apex Predators
Since humans are omnivores, we can eat both plants and a few animals (meat), we belong between the primary consumers and secondary consumers. Researchers come up with a trophic level 2.21 which is the worldwide average that they found. However, the trophic level of a person depends on his/her diet. If that person is a vegetarian, he/she likely belongs to trophic level 2. However, if a person mostly eats meat, he/she belongs to trophic level 3.
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