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Some plant-ea ng animals are cows, Humans also eat meat, fish, eggs as well as
horses, goats, elephants, etc. vegetables, fruits and nuts. So, they are also

Carnivores : Animals that feed on other called omnivores.
animals are called carnivores. Lion, ger,
fox, frog, wolf, lizard, snake, shark, etc. are

carnivores. They eat herbivore as well as
small carnivores.
Some birds such as eagle, vulture, etc. also Omnivores

eat the flesh of other animals, mostly dead Saprophytes : The organisms which derive
animals. They are also called scavengers. their nutri on by feeding on dead and
decaying organic ma er are called
saprophytes. For example, bacteria,
mushrooms and yeast.

Saprophytes

Mushroom is eaten as vegetable. There are
various species of mushrooms and some of
Carnivores them are poisonous also.

Parasites : A number of small organisms
derive food from the body of other
organisms. They are called parasites. Some
The elephant is the largest land mammal.
common parasites are roundworms, tape-
An adult elephant is believed to consume
worms and malarial parasites. A number of
several hundred kilograms of leaves,
parasites reside inside our body, but some
shoots, grasses and other available
of them are beneficial while some of them
vegeta on in one single day.
cause diseases.
Omnivores : Some animals eat both plants as
well as the flesh of other animals. These

animals are called omnivores. Bears, jackals,
cats, dogs, etc. are omnivores.

Tapeworm Roundworm
1. Name two herbivores. _________________ _________________
2. Name two carnivores. _________________ _________________
3. Name two saprophytes _________________ _________________

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