EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A carnivore is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals. Sometimes carnivores are called predators. Organisms that carnivores hunt are called prey. Carnivores are a major part of the food web, a description of which organisms eat which other organisms in the wild.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carnivores are animals that eat only meat. Omnivores are animals that eat both plants and meat. The size of an animal does not determine what it eats. Some of the biggest animals eat only plants, and very tiny animals can be carnivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Omnivores will also hunt both carnivores and herbivores for meat, including small mammals, reptiles, and insects. Large omnivores include bears and humans.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Obligate carnivores are also called hypercarnivores, which are animals whose diet consists of at least 70 percent meat. Hypocarnivores are carnivores that eat the least amount of meat. Mesocarnivores are animals that depend on meat for at least 50 percent of their diet.