Some animals have unpleasant eating habits. They may feast on dead animals, digest the bones of their prey in acid or use their strong jaws to rip their prey apart.
PANGOLINS are also called scaly anteaters. They live in tropical Asia and Africa, and are covered with brown scales. The pangolin eats termites, ants and other insects, which it sniffs out and catches on its long, sticky tongue. It has no teeth. Instead, horny plates in its stomach grind down the food before it is digested.
The WOLVERINE is sometimes called a skunk bear or glutton. It lives in Alaska, Siberia, Northern Canada and Scandinavia. It often eats the remains of animals killed by wolves. It will also kill prey itself, by pouncing on an animal from a tree or rock, tearing it apart.
HYENAS are strong, doglike creatures that live in Africa and India. Although they scavenge and eat carrion (dead animals), they catch young hippos, gazelles, zebras, wildebeest and antelopes. The stomach of a spotted hyena can hold up to 15 kilograms of meat, so it can go for several days without food.
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