The Saola is a herbivore. The
Saola's diet is mainly on small leafy plants and fig leafs. Since the Saola is
a very new species the full range diet is still unknown. The Saola eats leafs
so it is a secondary consumers. A person who has seen the Saola has said that
the Saola comes out during the periods of darkness like at night and at
noon. The Saola in captivity mainly eats asplenium ferns, which is a species
of about 700 different types of ferns.