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minus-squareilli@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 天前 They eat fruits and bugs and stuff. Well, if they hunt bugs, they are predators, no?
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 天前Predators yes, carnivores no. Things that eat bugs are insectivores. Honestly though, almost no mammals are purely carnivorous, herbivorous, or insectivorous. The majority of species will opportunistically eat what is available.
minus-squareilli@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-222 天前Yeah, and you don’t have to be a carnivore to be a predator.
Well, if they hunt bugs, they are predators, no?
Predators yes, carnivores no. Things that eat bugs are insectivores.
Honestly though, almost no mammals are purely carnivorous, herbivorous, or insectivorous. The majority of species will opportunistically eat what is available.
Yeah, and you don’t have to be a carnivore to be a predator.