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minus-squareilli@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours ago They eat fruits and bugs and stuff. Well, if they hunt bugs, they are predators, no?
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoPredators 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-211 hours agoYeah, 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.