WHY DO ANIMALS Eat That Reese Everett Rourke Educational Media rourkeeducationalmedia com Scan for Related Titles and Teacher Resources
What’s on the Menu Do you have a few favorite foods Animals do too Some animals only eat plants Some only eat meat Others eat plants and meat plants Rabbits eat only 4
Meat-eaters are called carnivores Plant-eaters are called herbivores Animals that eat both are called omnivores The largest animal on Earth is the blue whale It is a carnivore It eats about four tons 3 6 metric tons of shrimp-like creatures called krill every day That’s about 40 million krill daily 5