omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals.
omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals.
an animal that eat both plants and animals?
omnivore
eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and to allow for growth. animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. for humans, eating is an activity of daily living. some individuals may limit their amount of nutritional intake. this may be a result of a lifestyle choice, due to hunger or famine, as part of a diet or as religious fasting.
eating
the risk of animals becoming ill during the fall is increased, as many plants slow their growth in preparation for winter, and equines begin to browse on the remaining plants. many toxic plants are unpalatable, so animals avoid them where possible. however, this is not always the case; locoweeds, for example, are addictive and once a horse has eaten them, it will continue to eat them whenever possible, and can never be exposed to them again. when a toxic plant is ingested, it can be difficult to diagnose, because exposure over time can cause symptoms to occur after the animal is no longer exposed to the plant. toxins are often metabolized before the symptoms become obvious, making it hard or impossible to test for them. hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. poisonous plants are more of a danger to livestock after wildfires, as they often regrow more quickly.
list of plants poisonous to equines