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Choose a Page:What is a habitat?What is ecology?*What is an omnivore?*What is a species?What is a carnivore?Why do turtles lay so many eggs?What is a food chain?What is the water cycle?Why are some insects called pests?What is a herbivore?What is a parasite?What is an ecosystem?How is the soil aerated? What is an omnivore? An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals. A badger is an example of an omnivore. It eats earthworms, slugs, and insect grubs as the main part of its diet, but will also eat leaves in the spring and nuts, fruits, and seeds in the fall. Humans are omnivores   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Nature Chapter: Ecology