What is an Omnivore?

An omnivore is a kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants. Some omnivores will hunt and eat their food, like carnivores, eating herbivores and other omnivores. Some others are scavengers and will eat dead matter. Many will eat eggs from other animals.

Omnivores eat plants, but not all kinds of plants. Unlike herbivores, omnivores can't digest some of the substances in grains or other plants that do not produce fruit. They can eat fruits and vegetables, though. Some of the insect omnivores in this simulation are pollinators, which are very important to the life cycle of some kinds of plants.

You have several kinds of omnivores to choose from in this simulation, of different sizes:

Large Omnivores

Medium-sized Omnivores

Small Omnivores


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Herbivores


Plants


Omnivores


Carnivores


Decomposers


Pollinators


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