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Carnivores

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Animals that feed off other animals. Often called "predators" or "meat-eaters".

Types:

Avivore

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Animals that eat birds

Cannabalism

Animals that eat members of their own species

Durophagore

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Animals that eat crustaceans and other organisms with hard exoskeletons.

Herpetivore

Animals that eat reptiles and amphibians

Insectivore

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Animals that eat insects. 

Molluscivore

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Animals that eat molluscs

Piscivore

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Animals that eat fish.

Scavenger

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Animals that eat carrion

Teuthophagore

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Animals that eat squid and other cephalopods (e.g. cuttlefish, nautilus and octopuses)

Verminvore

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Animals that eat worms

N/A

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Animals that eat small vertebrates such as rodents (e.g. mice) and lizards

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Animals that eat small to medium sized mammals

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Animals that eat echinoderms like starfish

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Animals that eat bird and reptile eggs

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Animals that eat plankton

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Animals that eat jellyfish

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Animals that eat large mammals

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Animals that eat spiders
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Animals that eat sponges
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Animals that eat turtles
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