Dinner In The Animal Kingdom

Just like you, animals need to find food to survive, which isn't too easy in the wild. Animals that live near each other and eat the same things usually means competition against the two. This makes it difficult for them to survive. Let's go over a few different areas and see what the animals eat. Polar bears eat seals by breaking the ice. Seals themselves eat penguins and fish, depending on the type. Penguins eat eels and fish that swim in nearby waters. To do this, they make a splash into the ocean. I think we've got the polar reigons covered, so the next stop is the savannah. Out there, hundreds of elephants, antelope, and zebras graze on branches and grass, all around that open area. Meat eaters, of course, don't eat plants—but they do snack on those antalope and zebra by stalking them and then pouncing. These meat eaters include leopards, lions, and cheetahs. Underneath the murky waters, crocodiles eat the same. Over in the rainforest, jaguars eat warthogs and other small creatures. Monkeys eat fruits and nuts, different kinds depending on the type of tree that they live in. In the ocean, sharks eat many other fish that they can find. Octopuses eat shellfish like crabs and clams. I think this journey through the animal kingdom with the strange diets of the animals in it is over, and see if you can think of how different these things are compared to your favorite foods.

Puffin with fish

By Tessa Sagner