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How many carnivores are there compared to herbivores?

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63% are carnivores compared to herbivores
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Answer: 63%

Of all the present-day animals Wiens and colleagues surveyed, 63% were carnivores, 32% were herbivores, and 3% were omnivores. (The rest were ambiguous.) The smaller proportion of herbivores and omnivores may seem surprising, Wiens says, because plants are such a plentiful resource.

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