ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
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A animal that eats plants
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A animal that eats meat
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A animal that makes it own food
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A animal that doesn’t eat animals or plants
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Detailed explanation-1: -A mammal that eats only the meat from other animals is a carnivore. In the wild, a carnivore will hunt other animals for food. Carnivores usually have to eat a lot to give them the energy they need.
Detailed explanation-2: -: a flesh-eating animal. especially : any of an order of flesh-eating mammals. : a plant that traps and digests insects.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carnivores are animals that eats the meat of other animals, or a plant that traps and digests insects or other small animals. Eg : venus fly trap plant, lions, tigers, cheetahs, and leopards, Polar Bears, dolphins etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some carnivores, called obligate carnivores, depend only on meat for survival. Their bodies cannot digest plants properly. Plants do not provide enough nutrients for obligate carnivores. All cats, from small house cats to huge tigers, are obligate carnivores.
Detailed explanation-5: -The carnivore diet includes only animal products and excludes all other foods. Specifically, someone on the carnivore diet can eat: Meat: beef, chicken, turkey, organ meats, lamb, pork, etc.