When I read the title, I hesitated. I mean, what's so interesting about a consumer? Oh, I've slapped a consumer butt with Dark Way and run to a more strategic location to repeat the process ad nauseum 'till it was dead, but I'm glad that I decided to give the story a gander.
You have a good idea there and I liked the descriptiveness of the story. I think I've read somewhere tthat consumers take on some of the characteristics of what it ate. Perhaps the first one of this breed ate a god?