Teeth and Eating.

Animals are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.

Carnivores eat meat, herbivores eat plants and omnivores eat meat and

plants.

Looking at the teeth, the eyes and the feet of an animal you

can identify what kind of food the animal eats.

Carnivores have got two long front teeth (canines) and big, pointed molars. The canine teeth help to catch the prey and the

molars hep to cut the meat in the mouth.

Herbivores haven’t got the two long teeth (canines). Herbivores have got a line of

teeth at the front of the mouth and flat, big molar lines on the sides. Molars help to

chew plants in the mouth.

Some animals have got different kind of teeth, they are omnivores. They have

got different teeth because they eat different food:

meat, plants, insects, fruits, seeds…

What do you think? What do these animals eat?

This is a fish skull. Do you think is a carnivore or an herbivore?

This is a skull of a barracuda. If you think it is a carnivorous fish, you are

correct.

Is this a carnivore or an herbivore?

This is a llama skull. Is is an herbivore. Look at the

flat molars.

This is the skull of a black bear. Black bears are omnivores. Look the long canines at the front and flat mollars

at the back of the mouth.

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