Animals have different feeding habits.

We can classify them according to their feeding habits.

• Animals like cow giraffe ,elephant, goat , monkey eat plants or other parts of a tree. Such animals are called herbivorous animals.

• Animals like lion , tiger,snake ,frog , leopard hunt other small animals and eat them. Such animals are called carnivorous animals.

Animals like bear, cat, rat, jackal eat both plants and animals.Such animals are called omnivorous animals.

CUD CHEWING ANIMALSSome animals like cow, buffalo,camel nibble their food first. When they relax they bring back part of the food from inside and chew it properly. This is called chewing the cud.

Animals like rabbit, squirrel and rat have sharp front chisel like teeth. With these teeth they can bite hard rough food grains and other things.

Such animals are called gnawing animals.

Some animals have no teeth.They cannot chew their food.They have to swallow their food.Snakes,Frogs,Lizards etc. have sticky tongue and can open their mouth wide to swallow their prey..

Flesh eating animals like dog, lion fox or cat tear, chew and then they swallow their food.

ANIMALS LIKE BUTTERFLIES, LEECHES

AND MOSQUITOES HAVE LONG TUBE LIKE STRUCTURE TO SUCK FOOD.

EARTHWORM SWALLOW SOIL AND CONSUMES FOOD FROM IT. THE UNDIGESTED MATERIAL IS THROWN OUT FROM ITS BODY.

ELEPHANTS EAT WITH THE HELP OF THEIR TRUNK. TRUNK HELPS IN UPROOTING PLANTS AND ALSO SUCKING WATER.