He chews on it and accidentally ingests the bits. "Eats" implies a level of deliberate action that I don't think Gunsmoke is capable of.

[Gunsmoke hears his name and waddles into the kitchen, gazing hungrily -- not at the fish, but at Bug -- and drooling. With two Pokemon, Levi and Erwin's hulking broad-shouldered form, there's barely enough room to move in the tiny kitchen.]

Requisition forms, mostly. I'm planning a small team expedition to the shore.