This issue of Puddler explores the eating habits of various types of animals, including humans, and takes a look at how predators, prey and plants form links in food chains and food webs. Animals can be grouped according to their eating habits. Herbivores are animals that eat plants.
Carnivores are animals that eat other animals.
Omnivores are animals that eat both plant and animal foods. View full text of this story. A food chain represents the relationships between plants, predators and prey in an ecosystem. With each type of food an animal eats, it becomes a link in a different food chain. Food chains connect to form what scientists call a food web.