An omnivorous animal is an animal which eats both meat and plants for its food.

It is often a
hunter which captures prey, but it also eats fruits or other plants which it can digest.

The omnivorous mammals have greater chances of survival, because if there is a sudden shortage
of a food source, they can feed from the other group if they are available.

Omnivores are not necessarily predators, if fruits are available, it will not hunt unnecessarily.

All the animals are opportunist and if a meal is easier than another to get, it will choose this one.

The teeth, the digestive system and other characteristics determine if it has the capacity to be eat
of the two groups of food. Certain plants will not make the deal, as the grass which is not
nutritive enough for them, therefore if it cannot find plants which it can eat, it will hunt for prey.

The bear will eat it's fill of berries, wild fruits and other food easily available, because it must eat
a tremendous amount. It will fish salmon when it spawns up the rivers, because the fish are then
many and thus easier to capture.

The omnivores are both predator and a prey in the food chain. It is not always equipped with
claws, like a carnivorous animal, the primates are an example. They are usually the predatory
ones for the animals smaller than them, except if they hunt in groups.

Various mammals are omnivorous by nature, such

as pigs, badgers, bears, coatis, hedgehogs, opossums, skunks, sloths, squirrels,
raccoons, chipmunks, mice and rats. Also some primates are omnivorous
including humans and chimpanzees. Various birds are omnivorous, whose diet varies
from berries and nectar to insects, worms, fish, and small rodents; examples
include cassowarys, chickens, crows and related corvids, keas, rallidae, and rheas. In addition,
some lizards, turtles, fish, such as piranhas, and invertebrates are also omnivorous.

While virtually all mammals may display 'omnivorous' behavior patterns, depending on
conditions of supply, culture, etc. Mammals will generally prefer one class of food or another,
with optimized digestive processes. Like most arboreal species, most squirrels are primarily
granivores, preferring nuts and seeds.  but as with virtually all mammals, squirrels can resort to
consuming some meat as fallback food if starving or facultatively, e.g., when nests are in danger
of being raided by predators, etc.

Depending on the species of bear, there is generally a preference for one class of food or another
as plants and animals are digested differently.
While the goal of scientific classification is to promote communication and analysis of various
differences and similarities between species, the concept of an 'omnivore' is broad and could be
applied to virtually any mammal since disease risks and the quality of digestion are often not
considered. There are social, psychological and non-nutritive factors that influence diet behavior.
"[T]he behavioral basis of omnivory has not been thoroughly explored... and food selection
behavior is central to understanding the causes and consequences of omnivory. However, few
studies have actually addressed this issue through rigorous tests of multiple hypotheses."

In order for the concept of 'omnivore' to be regarded as a scientific classification, some clear set
of measurable and relevant criteria would need to be considered to differentiate between an
'omnivore' and the other vague but less ambiguous diet categories e.g., faunivore, folivore,
scavenger, etc.

An omnivore is a kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants. Some omnivores will
hunt and eat their food, like carnivores, eating herbivores and otheromnivores. Some others
are scavengers and will eat dead matter. Many will eat eggs from other animals.

Omnivores eat plants, but not all kinds of plants. Unlike herbivores, omnivores can't digest some
of the substances in grains or other plants that do not produce fruit. They can eat fruits and
vegetables, though. Some of the insect omnivores in this simulation are pollinators, which are
very important to the life cycle of some kinds ofplants.

You have several kinds of omnivores to choose from in this simulation, of different sizes:

Large Omnivores
 Medium-sized Omnivores

Small Omnivores

An omnivore is any animal that is a generalist feeder, consuming a wide variety of foods that can
include both animal and plant matter. Because they have attributes of both carnivores and
herbivores, omnivores have relatively diverse linkages within ecological food webs.

Some examples of omnivorous animals are pig and bear, both of which will eat a remarkably
wide range of plant and animal products. Most wild populations of these animals are primarily
herbivorous, eating a wide variety of plant products, depending on their seasonal and geographic
availability. However, both of these animals are also opportunistic meat eaters. If meat can be
readily attained through predation or scavenging, these animals will eagerly avail themselves of
this food.

Interestingly, humans are the most omnivorous of all animals. Only a limited number of plant
and animals species, about 100, are actually consumed by humans in relatively large quantities.
However, products of additional thousands of plant and animal species are consumed as victuals
by humans, as long as the food is nutritious and there is access to the resource. In a few cases,
humans even consume some foods that are potentially extremely poisonous, usually for cultural
reasons, or because in small amounts the toxin may act as a hallucinogen. One extreme case is
the consumption by Japanese (especially men) of flesh of a puffer fish known as fugu
(Spheroides rubripes) in sushi restaurants. This meal is prepared with exquisite care by highly
skilled chefs, who must excise a small gland containing an extremely toxic biochemical called
saxitoxin. If this preparation is not accomplished properly, then the meal will be quickly lethal to
the patron. Because of this danger, the eating of fugu is considered to be an act of great bravado,
for which the consumer gains respect in the eyes of his peers. This deliberate exposure to such an
extraordinarily toxic food is symptomatic of the remarkable omnivory displayed by humans.