Signature food

Some animals have portrayals in which they have a food commonly assigned to them. For example, bananas to monkeys, and carrots to rabbits. Some animals have a stronger acknowledgement of a more diverse diet while still having signature foods. Dogs are known to eat leftovers and kibble, but there's something about bones (specifically a king of upper leg bone) that dogs are portrayed as loving, to the point where depictions of this bone are meant to represent dogs. Animals can have a few major foods they are known for eating, such as horses with hay, apples, carrots, and grass. But the depiction of hay or grass or apples doesn't necessarily signify horses. That's not to say that these foods always represent these animals either. Plenty of people can eat bananas or carrots without thinking about monkeys and rabbits. Nonetheless the image is strongly tied with those, and a lone image can invoke the thought of monkeys and rabbits, but not as much as a dog bone is meant to represent dogs always.
Category:Animals important to American children