Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

All snakes are strictly carnivorous, eating small animals including lizards, other snakes, small mammals, birds, eggs, fish, snails, or insects. Because snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, prey must be swallowed whole. Therefore, the body size of a snake has a major influence on its eating habits. A snake can usually estimate in advance if a prey is too large.


Q: Snakes are which type of animal?


A:
carnivorous