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Is the blue whale omnivorous

Updated: 10/8/2023
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12y ago

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Neither. The blue whale eats krill or shrimp, and it's too big to be prey to any animal. but if you include humans then yes. the blue whale is prey, humans hunt it down for too many reasons.

No. Don't listen to the silly rubbish above, krill are animals that the whales prey on. They are hunted or used to be by us and the calf's are sometimes attacked by orcas.

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No. They are Carnivorous. Its favorite food is "Krill". An Adult blue whale can kill upto 40 million krill per day. They can eat nearly 3500 kilograms of krill in a single day. They need nearly 1.5 million kilocalories of energy per day and so, they nearly eat nonstop. Small fish, crustaceans and squids too get caught when they trap krill in their mouth.

They scoop up large quantities of water into their mouth along with krill and other small aquatic creatures and then filters and push the water out. All remaining animals are swallowed.

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Blue whales are filter feeders.

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Yes

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