What's wrong with your lion?
Well what have you been feeding him?
Grass?
You can't feed a lion grass!!
He's got the wrong sort of teeth!
Animals which eat plants have teeth like this.
They're shaped to squash and grind.
Meat eating animals have teeth like this, for slicing and ripping.
You should try giving him a steak.
Hmm鈥 Where have you gone?
Oi! Let go!
Now go and get him that juicy steak!
Carnivores and herbivores
Animals that eat only meat are called carnivores. Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores.
Carnivores and herbivores have different types of teeth, to suit the type of food they eat.
Herbivores have teeth which are shaped to squash and grind plants. Teeth a and b on the diagram show the herbivore's teeth.
Carnivores have teeth which are shaped to slice and rip the meat they eat. Teeth c and d on the diagram show the carnivore's teeth.
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