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Predator basically mean hunter, so an animal who mainly feeds on animals that are alredy dead can be a meat eater(carnivore) w/o being a predator.

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Not all meat eaters are called predators because the term "predator" specifically refers to animals that actively hunt and kill other animals for food. Some meat eaters, like scavengers and omnivores, consume meat but may not actively hunt for it.

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Animals that eat another animals are?

they are carnivores and carnivores are meat eaters who eat only meat substence >>Actually, an animal that eats other animals doesn't necessarily have to be carnivore, it could also be omnivore which means it eats plants as well as meat. Animals that hunt other animals to eat them are also called predators.


What are animals that only eat meat called?

Animals that only eat meat are called carnivores. This type of diet is necessary for their survival as they obtain their nutrients and energy primarily from consuming the flesh of other animals.


What are animals that eat only meat?

Animals that eat only meat are known as carnivores. Examples include lions, tigers, wolves, and eagles. These animals have a diet primarily consisting of other animals for their nutrition.


What are animals that only eat other animals called?

Consumers but if they get eaten it is called tertiary consumerThey are called carnivores they eat herbivores (plant eaters) or other meat eaters.Predator such as a shark or tiger.CarnivoreeagleCarnivores, or some Animals are omnivorous, meaning they can eat both plants and meat.Some Animals that fall into the carnivore catorgory are ususally your "Big Cats" (Lions, Tigers, Cheetah etc) wolves, polecats, hyenas they're carnivores too.If they solely eat other animals than a carnivore but if they eat plants as well than they are considered a omnivore.


What do you call an animal that eats its prey dead?

These animals are called scavengers or carrion eaters.Animals that further break down the remains are called decomposers or saprotrophs. These are usually bacteria or actinomycetes, or plants like fungi.Meat eaters, as a group, are called carnivores, and plant eaters are called herbivores. Animals who consume both are omnivores.some thing part of the scavenger group like a crow or other animal start eating on itA detritivore is an animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals. A more common word is scavenger.Most people prefer to eat dead animals. Live chickens, for example, are very difficult to serve to guests. As an aside the internet is populated with videos of animals eating other live animals.Animals that eat animals that are already dead are called scavengers. Some examples of scavengers are vultures, crows, racoons and many types of carnivorous insects both as adults and as immature forms (maggots etc). In the ocean there are many benthic (bottom dwelling animals like lobsters) that eat dead animals.The British magazine nature posted an in depth study of insects eating dead animals:Nature 219, 1180 - 1181 (14 September 1968); doi:10.1038/2191180 "Arthropod Succession and Decomposition of Buried Pigs"

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What is a living thing that eats only other animals called?

they are called carnivores meat eaters:)


Another name for a plant eater is?

Herbivore. Herbivores are organisms that primarily consume plants as their source of energy and nutrients.


Why is Carnivores only Meat Eaters?

Else they wouldn't be carnivores. They would be omnivores


Are the Guatemalan Howler Monkeys meat eaters?

yes but they only eat meat every 10 years, and only 7 ounces at a time


Are moose only plant eaters?

Well as a mater of fact i do believe moose are hurbavores (Plant eaters only). If a moose wasn't what would it eat? Think about that would a moose eat a squirrel no so moose are not carnivores (Meat eaters) or omnivores (Eats both plant and meat), moose are herbivores.


What are consumer that eat only meat?

there alled carnivores or predators


Which animals eat both grass and meat?

Some mammals are carnivorous (meat eaters) and others are vegetarian (plant eaters). Most all mammals, though, don't lay eggs, but give birth like humans do. Platypi and echidnas are the only two mammals that lay eggs. Mammals are land an d sea creatures.


How are carnivore different than carnivores?

Carnivore means only one meat eater,and carnivores are more than one meat eaters.


What are the 3 groups of animals according to the food they eat in land animals?

can u Identify and explain three ways mammals are classified according to their food intake Herbivores- animals that eat only plants. Omnivores- animals that eat both plants and other animals. (humans) Carnivores- animals that eat other animals or flesh eaters.(tigers)


Why is a predator different from a carnivore?

carnivores eat only meat and predators eat both meat and plant


What is human eaters?

"Human eaters" refers to individuals or beings that consume human flesh. This can be seen in some folklores, myths, or horror stories where creatures like vampires, cannibals, or zombies are portrayed as feeding on humans. It is not a common or accepted practice in any culture or society.


Are manatees meat eaters?

No, they are vegetarian. They ONLY eat veggies and love big heads of Iceberg lettuce!!