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Arent most/all rodents omnivorous? They might prefer to eat only grains or what not, but if pushed to starvation will readily eat meat to survive?
Edit- Seems I missed what's remarkable about this, is they are actively hunting the Voles, not just being opportunistic.
So school kinda lied to you. Herbivores and carnivores exist on a spectrum. The extremes are known as "obligates". So an animal that lacks the ability to eat plants entirely is known as an "obligate carnivore." Otherwise, the rest of animals are somewhere spread across the spectrum. Animals in this region are commonly known to eat what's easily available with just a preference toward one end or the other.
Like house cats!
Tell that to our shop cat that eats grass (besides all the mice he can catch).
0% nutrition, 100% cromch.
This is cute but you really shouldn't be feeding cats plants
Even the obligates are just really close to the end of the spectrum as they will occasionally snack on the other source for specific nutrients.