Animals such as elephants, chimpanzees, parrots, pigs and bats eat mud from time to time. It contains important minerals that help these animals stay healthy.
Everyone knows that giant pandas feed on bamboo. But did you know they are also carnivores? Though bamboo is their main food source, they sometimes hunt for pikas and other small rodents.
They eat seasonally abundant fruits and vegetables and are particularly interested in lobeira, whose name means 'fruit of the wolf.' The tomato-like berry makes up 50 percent of the maned wolf's diet.
Deer are mostly herbivores, although they have been known to scavenge small mammals or birds and occasionally eat other meats. However, in a 2017 study, scientists observed a white-tailed deer eating a corpse.
Giant anteaters have no teeth, but a specialised tongue allows them to eat about 30,000 ants and termites each day.
They usually feed on cows, pigs, horses and birds, but occasionally bite humans for blood. These bats make a small cut with their teeth, then lap up the flowing blood with their tongues.
The Egyptian vulture is one of the few animals to use tools in order to eat. For instance, these birds love feeding on ostrich eggs.
Also known as the snow monkeys, the Japanese macaques are native to Japan. It has a varied diet that includes insects, fruits and vegetables.
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