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What do blue whales tend to eat?

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Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, a tiny kind of shrimp. Other types of zooplankton are being eaten by blue whales as well. Sometimes they eat up to 3600 kilograms (7900 pounds) a day of krill.

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