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          The desert does not have many organisms, as not many can survive the heat. Those few that can survive have to deal with hot days and freezing nights. Main energy producers (plants) in the desert are cacti and wildflowers. Those plants are then eaten by consumers (animals) such as insects and lizards. Those consumers are eaten by other consumers until we reach the top of the food chain. Once plants and animals die, the energy in their bodies would be wasted if not for the decomposers (fungi and bacteria) and all the organisms would die. Thankfully, there are bacteria in the soil that take energy from the dead organisms, and the cycle starts all over again.