Question

What are examples of hypercarnivores?

Answer 1

Hypercarnivores

1. A hypercarnivore is an animal that consumes more than 70% of its diet as meat, either through aggressive predation or scavenging.
2. Non-animal items such as fungus, fruits, and other plant material may make up the remainder of the non-meat diet.
3. Hypercarnivores don't have to be apex predators to be hypercarnivores.
   

Examples of hypercarnivores

1. Domesticated house cats, like all members of the Felidae family, are hypercarnivores.
2. Snakes, too, are considered hypercarnivores.