Some animals eat only plants and are called herbivores like deer and rabbits. Other animals only eat other animals and are called carnivores such as lions and tigers. Still other animals eat both plants and other animals and are called omnivores, for example crows and bears that eat fruits, leaves, seeds and also hunt insects and other animals.

1. Living Things
Animals
Class II

2. What do animals eat?
O Some animals eat plants. They are called
herbivores.
O For example, deer and rabbits eat grass
and other plants.

3. What do animals eat?
O Some animals eat other animals. They are
called carnivores.
O For example, Lion and Tiger eat other
animals.

4. What do animals eat?
O Some animals eat plants and other
animals too. They are called omnivores.
O For example, crows and bears eat fruits,
leaves and seeds. They also hunt and eat
other insects and the flesh of other
animals.

5. Activity
O Sort the given animals into herbivores,
carnivores and omnivores:
Rat, cat, man, sheep, goat, cow,
zebra, giraffe, dog, eagle, pigeon,
elephant, fish, donkey, owl.