carnivores

     

A carnivore (IPA: /ˈkɑrnɪvɔər/), meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' an vorare meaning 'to devour'), is an animal with a diet consisting mainly of meat, whether it comes from animals living (predation) or dead (scavenging).

Trivia about carnivores

  • This term for meat-eating mammals encompasses fish eaters like seals
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) Mature green sea turtles are herbivores; that's why their body fat is green; young ones who haven't developed their color yet feed on creatures like jellyfish, so they're classified as these

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