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WANYAMA HULA NINI

Kwa nini hukula?

Wanyama wote lazima wakule ndio waishi

Chakula husaidia wanyama kuwa na nguvu na kuwa na afya

Chakula pia hupa wanyama nguvu ya kwenda

Wanyama hula aina mingi za chakula

Tunaweza panga wanyama kulingana na chakula wanazokula

WANYAMA WANAOKULA MIMEA

Wanyama wengi hula mimea

Hawa wanyama hula nyasi, majani, ama maua

Hula karanga, tunda na sehemu zingine za mmea

Wanyama wengine hula maganda

Panzi na wadudu wengine hula mimea pekee

Viwavi wengi hula mimea wanapokua

Wanapokuwa vipepeo, wao hunywa juisi kutoka kwa mimea

Nyuki pia hunywa juisi ya maua

Panya hula mbegu, mizizi, maganda na sehemu zingine za mimea.

Sungura na kobe hula nyasi, majani and sehemu zingine za mimea

Panda wakubwa kuwa majani ya bamboo

Manatees hula mimea inapomea majini

Wanyama walio na nyayo hula mimea

Farasi, punda milia, na ndovu hula mimea pekee

Mimea ni chakula cha pekee cha mbuzi, kondoo na ngamia.

WANYAMA WANAOKULA NYAMA

Wanyama wengine hula wanyama

Hawa wanyama hula nyama

Chakula chao huwa wadudu, samaki, ama wanyama wengine

Wanyama wanaokula nyama kutega ama hutafuta chakula chao.

Buibui hutengeneza mitendao kushika wadudu

Wanyama wanaokula wadudu huwa na ulimi mrefu

Wanyama wa majini hutafuta kaa na wadudu wengine wa majini.

Wanyama wanaokula nyama huwinda chakula

Vyula na popo hushika wadudu kukula

Penguini hushika and kula samaki na wanyama wengine wa majini

Simba na paka wakubwa kukimbiza, shika na kukula wanyama wanaokula mimea

Bundi na ndege wengine hushika panya, sungura na wanyama wengine kukula

Wanyama wala nyama wengine hula wanyama waliokufa

Wanao ni wanyama wanasafisha

Ndege wakubwa hula wanyama waliokufa

WANYAMA WANAOKULA MIMEA NA NYAMA

Wanyama wengine hula mimea na wanyama

Racconi hula matunda, karanga na nazi

Pia hula wadudu, chula, samaki, panya, na mayai

Nyani na nyani wakubwa hula mimea na wanyama pia

Nyani na nyani wakubwa huishi mahali mingi duniani kote

Mahali tofatuti huwa na aina mingi za chakula za wanyama

Bea weusi hula nazi, mbegu, nyasi na mimea zingine

Wao hula wadudu, samaki na wanyama wengine wandogo

Pia hula wanyama walio kufa, na hupenda asali

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WHAT ANIMALS EAT

WHY EAT?

All animals must eat to stay alive.

Food helps animals be strong and stay healthy.

Food also gives animals energy to move.

Animals eat many different kinds of food.

We can group animals by the kinds of food they eat.

PLANT EATERS

Many animals only eat plants.

These animals may eat grass, leaves, or flowers.

They may eat nuts, fruit, or other plant parts.

Some animals even eat bark!

Grasshoppers and some other insects only eat plants.

Many caterpillars eat plants while they are growing.

When they become butterflies, they drink the juice of flowers.

Bees also drink flower juice.

Mice eat seeds, fruit, roots, bark, and other plant parts.

Rabbits and land turtles eat grass, leaves, and other plants.

Giant pandas eat bamboo leaves.

Manatees eat plants that grow in water.

Most animals with hooves are plant eaters.

Horses, zebras, deer, and elephants only eat plants.

Plants are the only food of goats, sheep, and camels, too.

MEAT EATERS

Some animals eat other animals.

These animals eat meat.

Their food may be insects, fish, or any other animals.

Some meat eaters trap or gather their food.

Spiders make webs to catch insects.

Anteaters put their long tongues into anthills.

Sea otters gather crabs, sea stars, and other animals from seaweed forests.

Other meat eaters hunt their food.

Many frogs and bats catch insects to eat.

Penguins catch and e [...]