Herbivore Animals That Eat Plants
They include insects and aquatic and non-aquatic vertebrates.
Herbivore animals that eat plants. Humans bears shown in Figure 3a and chickens are example of vertebrate omnivores. Even some fish are herbivorous her-BIV-or-us. Nectivores eat mostly nectar.
Omnivores are animals that eat both plant- and animal-derived food. These kinds of herbivores are called browsers. A rhinoceros eats grass leaves twigs and shrubs.
The great diversity of invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. But a diet of plants can also sustain massive beasts like rhinos elephants and moose. Browsers eat mostly leaves and sometimes small tree branches.
In practice many vegetarians eat eggs and occasionally eat other animal protein. Granivores eat mostly seeds. Herbivores can be tiny insects such as aphids and grasshoppers.
However people who choose not to eat meat called vegetarian. Very large animals like elephantsrhinos and moose are grazers and browsers. Bears are omnivores bears eat plants and other animals 13.
They eat 150 pounds of plants each day. Organisms that can produce their own food such as through light water or chemicals like carbon dioxide. Some animals are frugivores because they eat mainly fruit.