Omnivore all living things are said to eat plants and animals. Omnivorous animals have a more varied diet, when compared to other animals that eat only one type of food. For example, carnivorous animals only eat meat, or the case of herbivores that only eat plants.
By having a varied diet, omnivores are capable of eating animals, whether they are alive or as carrion. This type of beings sometimes acts as a predator, as an example is the brown bear, who hunts its prey, but also consumes fruits, roots or leaves.
They have a digestive system that allows them to digest vegetables and meat. Omnivores have the advantage that if they lack meat, they can consume vegetables, which allows them to have a better chance of survival compared to carnivores. The omnivorous animal, if it has plants and fruits within its reach that it can eat, will put the game aside to avoid wasting its energy. This is why they are considered opportunistic, since they prefer the food that is within their reach.
One of the limitations that omnivorous animals can present are the type of teeth they have and their digestive system, since in general, most of these beings do not have large fangs to bone meat, or strong claws to capture their prey. There is an exception and it is in the case of the brown bear, this is an omnivorous animal that has large fangs and strong claws like those of carnivorous animals.
Here are some of the most common omnivorous animals:
Omnivorous mammals: man, bears (except polar bear), pigs, monkey, hedgehog, fox, among others.
Omnivorous birds: hen, seagull, geese, crow, duck, turkey, etc.
Omnivorous fish: piranha, clown fish, bicolor flounder, etc.
In the case of humans, their diet from the beginning was mixed, that is, they consumed vegetables that they collected and meat from the animals they hunted.
It is important to highlight the meaning of eating a balanced diet, that is, based on vegetables and meat, since at a nutritional level it is the most appropriate for people.
