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How often do basking sharks eat?

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They would stalk their prey, swim up to them unnoticed (usually from behind or under) and sink their razor-sharp teeth into the flesh of their prey and devour it by tearing it into pieces if it was a big one.

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7y ago

The Whale and Basking Shark feed themselves on plankton and krill.

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7y ago

They eat plankton.
Plankton. Like the Whale Shark, they are filter feeders, and are quite harmless to humans.

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13y ago

I think it just opens its mouth and swims and its food just floats in

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10y ago

The Basking Shark feeds on zooplankton, small fish and invertebrates.

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14y ago

They are filter feeders, like baleen whales..They eat plankton and krill, which are tiny shrimp.

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13y ago

A basking shark eats plankton 

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plankton

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