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Yes, baleen whales do. There are two types of whales: the baleen whales are of the family Mysticeti, while toothed whales are in the family Odontoceti. Toothed whales include dolphins, porpoises, killer, sperm, and beluga whales; they eat fish, seals, squid and other large creatures. Baleen whales have no teeth, and eat krill, also known as zooplankton...which are small animals that basically look like little shrimp. The baleen whale filters the zooplankton from the sea water by forcing the water through his baleen, which looks something like a dense hairbrush where his teeth should be.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo. The humpback is a predator, taking krill and small schooling fish, such as herring, salmon, capelin and sand lance as well as mackerel, pollock and haddock in the North Atlantic. Krill and copepods have been recorded from Australian and Antarctic waters. Humpbacks hunt by direct attack or by stunning prey by hitting the water with pectoral fins or flukes
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∙ 9y agoWild dolphins do eat zooplankton and small fish. They tend to eat approximately 10kg to 25kg of fish per day.
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Can zooplankton eat seaweed and what can eat zooplankton?
no zooplankton dont eat seaweed, and krill eats zooplankton, some whales eat zooplankton, there are also others i cant think of
What eat zooplankton?
zoo plankton are eaten by shrimp and whales
What do blue whales mostly eat?
Blue whales mostly eat krill, which is a kind of zooplankton living in the ocean.
Does whales eat phyotplankton?
No. They eat zooplankton (krill, copepods, mysids, etc.).
What does whales with teeth eat?
Toothless whales, also called baleen whales, eat small marine organisms called zooplankton that occur in huge numbers in the ocean. When feeding, these whales open up their mouths and take in huge gulps of both zooplankton and water. The water is filtered through the baleen "plates" that act like colanders to let the water out and the zooplankton stays behind in the whales mouth. The zooplankton are then swallowed. They can eat from 5 to eight tons of zooplankton per day!
Do whale sharks eat herring?
They eat small fish in schools and zooplankton so they do depending on the species. Fin whales, humpback whales, Bryde's whales and sei whales all eat small fish.
What food eat of baleen whales?
Baleen whales feed by filtering or straining food from the water. They love to eat krill, fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and algae
What eats zooplankton?
Sea Lions, all Whales, Manatees, Swordfish, Eels, Shrimp, etcetera.
What does plankton get eaten by?
Many creatures dine on zooplankton. Baleen whales and blue whales are the largest creatures to eat zooplankton. Tiny fish and snails also eat zooplankton.
What do killer whales or all whales eat or kill?
Orca eat mostly fish, primarily salmon, herring, and tuna. They have also been known to eat sharks, stingrays, octopus and squid. Technically the killer whale is a dolphin, and not a whale.Most whales, like the Right Whales and Blue whales eat mostly krill and zooplankton.
What dobaleen whales eat?
In general, baleen whales feed low on the food chain, primarily eating zooplankton and small fishes, which they encounter in large swarms or schools.
Which two types of animals eat plankton?
lots of animals eat plankton, some whales, whale sharks, zooplankton eat phytoplankton and lots of fish eat plankton.
