"Opportunistic feeders" refers to animals that take advantage of any available food source, regardless of its quality or type. These animals are flexible in their eating habits and will eat whatever is easily accessible to them at any given moment.
Full definition
As opportunistic feeders, they scavenge on grass, berries and other free meals in addition to abiding by their hunting instincts.
Lead author Paul - Yannick Bitome - Essono, from the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, France, explains: «We thought the tsetse fly might be a good candidate in our study, as both sexes feed on blood, they are large and easily trapped, present in large numbers in Central Africa, and are
opportunistic feeders with no strong preference for a particular host animal, so would feed on a large range of wildlife.»
Larger organisms, such as some types of crabs and fishes, are most
likely opportunistic feeders living on other living or dead vent organisms.
Feeding Being
very opportunistic feeders, Steller sea lions take advantage of sleeping fish at night meaning they don't have to work too hard for their catch.
The grays are
opportunistic feeders, they say, which makes them better candidates to adapt to the changing climate.
In the Sea of Cortez, the Humboldt squid target lanternfish but are
opportunistic feeders.
They are
opportunistic feeders and can digest and utilize the starch from grains that had been transformed by the cooking process.
Cats are, however,
opportunistic feeders.
Cats are
opportunistic feeders.
Coyotes are
opportunistic feeders, and though they enjoy large and small mammals they also enjoy the trash that you left in the backyard!
Diet: Rodents, rabbits and carrion comprise the majority of the diet but
this opportunistic feeder also eats birds, insects and even garden vegetables.
Cats are
opportunistic feeders, eating what is most easily available.
Approximately 90 percent of fish in the ornamental trade are
opportunistic feeders, meaning they eat whenever the opportunity presents itself.
In the wild, many herps are
opportunistic feeders, eating what they can find or subdue, as long as it's within their normal dietary range.
They are
opportunistic feeders, eating sole, flounder, sculpin, hake, cod, herring, octopus, and squid.
Like most gulls, the western gull is
an opportunistic feeder, capturing its own live prey, scavenging refuse, or stealing food from seals and other gulls.