Vor- Vor-

- eat greedily- eat greedily

1. Carnivore 1. Carnivore

flesh-eating animal flesh-eating animal

Carnivores, such as lions and wolves, have four different sets of teeth suitable for eating meat: incisors for nipping and biting, sharp canine teeth for stabbing and holding prey, premolar teeth for cutting and slicing, and molar teeth for shearing flesh and crushing bone.

2. Voracious 2. Voracious

The giant panda appears to have a voracious appetite for bamboo, consuming around twenty-four pounds a day. This great amount of eating is due to the fact that pandas only digest about 12-13% of the bamboo they eat and need the large amount to get the proper nutrients.

consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous; having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy:

3. Devour 3. Devour

After being lost in the wilderness for four days with only berries and nuts to eat, Jesse wanted to devour all the food he saw upon his return to civilization but could not because his stomach had shrunk.

eat greedily; seize upon and destroy

4. Frugivorous 4. Frugivorous

Predominantly frugivorous, chimpanzees spend a great deal of their day searching the trees of the jungle for fruit

feeding on fruit

5. Herbivore 5. Herbivore

Cows, who are herbivores, react very badly when their food is contaminated with meat products, for their bodies cannot properly digest anything but plants.

plant-eating animal

6. Granivorous 6. Granivorous

Birds are granivorous animals who love seeds but cannot digest rice, explaining why so many people now throw seeds instead of rice at weddings.

feeding on grain and seeds

7. Insectivorous 7. Insectivorous

The spider, an insectivorous creature, makes his web to capture his insect meals.

- dependent on insects as food

8. Omnivore 8. Omnivore

Humans, bears, pigs, many primates, and raccoons are all omnivores, eating both plants and meat.

person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants)

9. Sanguivorous 9. Sanguivorous

Being a sanguivorous creature, Dracula is not able to survive unless he sucks the blood of an unsuspecting victim.

feeding on blood

10. Formicivorous 10. Formicivorous

Some species of woodpeckers are formicivorous, pecking away at trees in search of the tasty ants they love to eat.

feeding on ants