Talk:Sea Emperor Leviathan/@comment-32992945-20171016062635/@comment-1478071-20171023055659

The Data Bank entries currently list it under 'herbavoirs'. And just because zooplankton are animals doesn't necessarily classify anything that feeds off them as carnivores. While yes, technically carnivorous, whales are normally described as "filter feeders" instead of "carnivores" (obvious exceptions include orcas and sperm whales) despite feeding off other animals. Insects are also animals but creatures whose diet consists solely on insects is more often than not classified as an "insectivore" as opposed to "carnivore".

Classifying creatures in broad terms finds many oddities and subclasses. Like why isn't the Floater a carnivore for feeding off the microbes on rocks? Or if it's eating the minerals within the rock itself, then what exactly does that classify it? Lava Larvas feed off thermal energy; technically leaving them in a catagory that doesn't exist in the real world (at least yet) despite their parasitic nature. Warpers are classed as carnivores despite not being able to consume anything and are classed solely based on their hostile hunter/killer programming. And omnivores are the most common classification for species on Earth yet none seem to be presented on 4546B... Science is never simple...