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Look outside into a garden or park: a rabbit munches on green grass, a finch cracks open a sunflower seed, and a robin tugs a worm out of the soil.
Unlike plants, which make their own food using sunlight, every animal must eat other living things to get energy to grow, move, and stay warm.
Where does all that animal food come from? Let's look at the green world first.
Eating Green Plants
Many animals feed directly on the green parts of plants, such as fresh leaves, stems, and blades of grass.
An animal that eats only plants is called a herbivore.
📊Create an interactive visual card showing 3 examples of animals eating green plant parts: 1) A green caterpillar nibbling a large leaf, 2) A dairy cow grazing on green grass, 3) A panda chewing a bamboo stalk. Include simple clickable buttons to view each animal and see what part of the plant it eats. Use clean light pastel backgrounds, rounded cards, dark blue text (#1e2945), and bright green plant accents (#22c55e). Fully responsive down to 350px width.
Leaves are not the only parts of a plant that animals love to eat. What about the crunchy and sweet parts?
Fruits, Seeds, and Nectar
Plants also produce sugary fruits, energy-packed seeds, and a sweet liquid inside flowers called nectar.
Squirrels use sharp front teeth to crack hard acorn shells for seeds, while hummingbirds sip sweet nectar from flowers using their long beaks.
📊Create a clean 3-panel display comparing plant food parts: Card 1: 'Fruit' showing a toucan with a colorful berry; Card 2: 'Seeds & Nuts' showing a chipmunk holding an acorn; Card 3: 'Nectar' showing a butterfly on a bright flower. Add a short 1-line description under each showing why it is good food (e.g. 'Full of quick energy', 'Packed with stored food'). Responsive layout (stacks on mobile under 400px).
Not every animal has a taste for plants, though. How do other creatures get their energy?