producer
It's a two stage process - plankton (which are microscopic plants) :> whale's stomach.
krill, small shrimp-like animals.
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tertiary
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It is a top level consumer
The Blue whale is a type of whalebone or baleen whale and eats krill. Like all baleen whales they have specialized plates of bone instead of teeth. The bones strain krill (small shrimp like crustaceans) from the sea which is their food.
Definition for Baleen Whale: Any whale that has baleen or is a odontocetes whale.So, they are not technically same thing, but a blue whale is a type of baleen or odontocetes whale. This is because other whales have baleen, such as the Right Whale.
a baleen whale
The Humpback whale is a baleen.
The blue whale is a tertiary consumer, They feed on krill which are tiny crustaceans that feed on phytoplankton (plants). The whales' only natural predator is the orca which would make the orca the top level consumer.
== ---- Squids are secondary consumer because they eat fish which would be primary consumers because they eat producers and the squid eat the primary consumer, fish which makes them secondary consumers. the squid eventually get eaten by sperm whale or even humans, making them tertiary consumers. ----
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yes it is a baleen whale