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20.4 ANIMAL’S FOOD

Learning objective:-students will learn that animals are divided according to
their food habit.

Note:-

 Like us, animals also need food to stay alive. Animals spend most of
their time in search of food. Food habit of all animals is different.

 Some animals eat meat, so they hunt for small creature some are
dependent upon plants, seeds or suck liquids.

 Animals use different part of their bodies to eat their food, which
includes sharp teeth, sticky tongues, tough beaks and strong claws.

 According to food habit animals can be divided into 3 groups.

1)Carnivores (flesh eating animal)

2)Herbivores (plant eating animals)

3)Omnivores (animals eating both flesh and plants)

 Carnivores:-Animals those who hunt other animals and eat their flesh
are called carnivores. They are also called as flesh eating animals. For
e.g. – Lion, tiger, wolf, hyena.

 Herbivores:-Animals those who eat only plants are called herbivores.
They are also called as plant eating animals. For e.g. - cow, elephant

deer, horse .giraffe, zebra etc.
 Omnivores:-Animals those who eat both plants and animals are called

omnivores. Fore.g. - fox, bear, cat, lizard etc.

Learning outcome- Students will now be able to group animals according to
their food habit.