First Children Encyclopedia

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Some species of pitcher plant found in the Philippines.^155


Carnivores
Carnivores only eat
meat. On the African
plains, carnivores
include lions, leopards,
and cheetahs.

Sea food
The further you go up the
chain, the fewer animals there
are. So in the sea, there are
countless plankton, fewer fish,
just a few seals, and even
fewer polar bears.

Scavengers


Dead meat, known as carrion,


is eaten by scavengers such


as hyenas, vultures, and bald


eagles. These creatures rarely


kill for food – they find animals


that have already died and


eat other animals’ leftovers.


Polar bear

Seal

Fish

Zooplankton

Phytoplankton

Food chains

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