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and parasites. Animals of each group have some special features in their teeth

and digestive system to get, eat and digest the food.

Adaptations in herbivores

The word ‘herb’ relates to plants. Hence, herbivores
are plant-eating animals. Cow, deer, horse, donkey,

buffalo, etc. are herbivores. They have sharp
cutting teeth at the front and flat grinding teeth Teeth of a

at the back. They have a long digestive system Cow – A herbivore herbivore
with special digestive juices to digest the fibres

present in the plant food.

Adaptations in carnivores

Animals that eat flesh of other animals are
called carnivores. Lion, tiger, fox, etc. have long
sharp teeth and eagle, owl, vulture, etc. have

sharp, curved or hooked beak to tear the flesh.

Carnivores run very fast to catch their prey. Teeth of a carnivore
They have very strong legs. Carnivores have a
shorter digestive system, as they do not need to Tiger – A carnivore

digest the plant fibres.

Adaptations in omnivores

Animals that eat both plants and flesh of other
animals are called omnivores. Bear, crow, monkey,
cockroach, ant and man are omnivores. Bear, Bear Crow

monkey and man have both sharp and flat teeth Some omnivores

that can tear and grind the food. Cockroach and ant have sharp mouth parts
that can bite every type of food. Crow has swiss army knife type of beak that
helps it to eat fruits, seeds, insects, flesh, etc.

Knowledge Zone
1. The beak of a crow is multipurpose just like a swiss army knife which has a sharp blade,
a screwdriver, a can opener, etc.
2. Squirrels and some birds that feed only on nuts and seeds are called granivores.

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