African Penguin
The braying penguin of the Cape
Animal Diets
Animal Diets
Learn about different animal diet types and feeding strategies.
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Featured Animal Diets
Learn about different animal diet types and feeding strategies.
Featured Animal Diets Animals
Pygmy marmoset
Tiny sap-sipping acrobats of the Amazon
Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Powder-blue. Plays dead. Lives tough.
Giant Armadillo
Big burrows. Bigger impact.
Tarpon
Silver acrobat of the coast
Fruit Fly
The tiny fly that mapped our genes
Asian Cockroach
Looks like German-flies like a pro
North American Black Bear
Many colors. One tough survivor.
Blue Whale
Planet's biggest krill-powered giant
Sponge
Porous powerhouses of the sea
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Carnivore
Primarily eats meat
+785
Detritivore
Eats decomposing organic matter
+31
Filter Feeder
Filters food from water
+33
Folivore
Primarily eats leaves
+44
Frugivore
Primarily eats fruit
+12
Granivore
Primarily eats seeds/grains
+13
Herbivore
Primarily eats plants
+331
Insectivore
Primarily eats insects
+251
Myrmecophage
Primarily eats ants/termites
+11
Nectarivore
Primarily eats nectar
+26
Omnivore
Eats both plants and animals
+1,036
Piscivore
Primarily eats fish
+96
Sanguivore
Feeds on blood
+14
Scavenger
Eats carrion/dead animals
+42