Meet Your Meat

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http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/dino/meat.html
Carnivores are animals that eat meat. They usually have sharp teeth and powerful jaws


http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep10.htm
All plants and animals need energy to survive. Plants get their energy from the sun. They are producers because they make their own food using energy from the sun.

Other living things are consumers. Consumers can't make their own food. There are different types of consumers.

Herbivores are plant eaters. Carnivores are meat eaters. Omnivores eat plants and meat and insectivores eat insects.

Producers and consumers are part of the wildlife web. They are connected and depend on each other for survival.


Carnivora - Meat Eating Mammals
(About 230 species.)
http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index.../carnivora.htm






http://www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Fact...carnivores.htm

The carnivores are meat-eaters, although not all carnivores eat meat only - many of them are omnivores, meaning that they eat a variety of foods.
You've heard of the food chain? Well... carnivores are at the top of it. Carnivores eat other animals, which in turn eat plants, which get and store energy from the sun. It's one big circle. The only animals that eat carnivores are bigger carnivores.

Scientists classify carnivores (remember that some of them, like the raccoon, eat all kinds of food) based on the fact that they have teeth made for grasping and tearing and they are very well coordinated, flexible and usually fast.

Carnivores also have a very simple digestive system because meat is easier to break down into energy than vegetable matter.

So who is the very first vegetarian to be served for dinner???