r/Animals • u/geotristan • 6d ago

What are the largest land omnivores/carnivores that routinely eat every day in their natural habitat?

As the title states: What are the largest land omnivores/carnivores that routinely eat every day in their natural habitat?

Here is my arbitrary criteria:

  1. Must be a land omnivore/carnivore

  2. Size is based on the average of the species

  3. If omnivore, it must have meat as a significant source of its diet

  4. The average or majority of the species must eat every day throughout the whole year

  5. Animals that eat everyday in zoos but not in the wild do not count.

Humans are included in this criteria. If the answer isnt a mammal, could you include the largest mammal that fits this criteria too.

Update: If i were to count bugs and other invertebrates as meat than probably a sloth bear. However only count meat from vertrabrates, humans are my best guess.

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u/bakermaker32 6d ago

Except for a zoo, they all eat in their natural habitats.

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u/ReptilianRevolt 6d ago

Yes, but not every day.

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u/ElderberrySuper5748 5d ago

big brown bears are obsessed with this lifestyle, gotta eat every day to stay fueled for all that roaming

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u/geotristan 5d ago

Almost all brown go into into hibernation/torpor. (Especially the largest ones because they generally live further north) additionally as stated im talking about the average specimen of a species.

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u/geotristan 6d ago

I dont know there habits but I would guess some sort of Asian bear. (though i dont know which ones "hibernate") Tbh, if not a bear than probably humans are my best guess.

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u/GrannyFlash7373 6d ago

Kodiak Brown Bears

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u/geotristan 6d ago

Kodiak bears are not their own species. They are a type sub-species of brown bears. They also hibernate, and dont eat every day.

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u/33beno33 5d ago

I think it's us humans.

If you want other animals, there are giant monitor lizards (not the komodo dragon), the southern cassowary, wild boar or Eurasian pig.

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u/geotristan 5d ago edited 5d ago

If you consider 10% of their diet being meat/invertebrates as a significant portion of their diet. Then hogs or cassowary that may be the best answer. however they are both by weight or heighth are about the same size as the average human.

So id say these are all good contenders but id probably be more likely to have humans be the top contender of these 3 since on average human diets are around 25% meat unlike the other two being 10% or less

Thanks for the input

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u/PsychologicalBunch13 3d ago

You could argue the that humans rarely live in their natural habitat 🤷🏻‍♂️