/ˈkɑːrnɪvɔər/
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*aka ‘meat-eaters’*
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*latin* –>
‘caro’ –> ‘meat’ / ‘flesh’
‘vorare’ –> ‘to devour’
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(a ‘carnivore’ is an ‘organism’ that derives its ‘energy’ + ‘nutrient’ requirements from a ‘diet’ consisting mainly (or even ‘exclusively’) of ‘animal tissue’, whether through ‘predation’ or ‘scavenging’)
(animals that depend solely on ‘animal flesh’ for their ‘nutrient requirements’ are called ‘obligate carnivores’)
(…while those that also consume ‘non-animal food’ are called ‘facultative carnivores’)
(‘omnivores’ also consume both ‘animal’ + ‘non-animal’ food, and – (apart from the more general definition) – there is no clearly defined ratio of ‘plant’ to ‘animal’ material that would distinguish a ‘facultative carnivore’ from an ‘omnivore’)
“why not?”
(can we establish some sort of ‘standard’ to ‘plant/animal nutrition ratio’ and use it to distinguish ‘facultative carninove’ from ‘omnivore’???
A carnivore that sits at the top of the foodchain is termed an apex predator.
(‘plants’ that ‘capture’ + ‘digest’ insects (and, at times, other ‘small animals’) are called ‘carnivorous plants’)
(similarly, ‘fungi’ that capture ‘microscopic animals’ are often called ‘carnivorous fungi’)
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