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Baleen whales tend to eat small manageable prey since they swallow their food whole and consume large quantities of small prey such as Fish, krill, squid, octopus, larva, small crabs, various crustaceans and various benthic animals
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Main food of baleen whales?
krill and plankton
Is a baleen whale a herbivore?
Baleen whales Are CARNIVORES as their main food is KRILL which are tiny shrimp-like ANIMALS.
Why do whales eat ktill?
Whales, that are filter feeders, use baleen plates to sieve their main food of krill.
What special feature does a baleen whale have to let it eat the food it eat the food it wants?
baleen whales eat large whales
What plate do whales use to collect food?
Baleen plates - which are made out of a protein called keratin. Baleen whales have several hundred baleen plates that they use to filter their food from the sea water.
Can you use the word baleen in a sentence?
Whales use their baleen to filter food out of the water.
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 part of a whale is called balleen?
Baleen whales have a baleen instead of teeth. They are like toothbrushes, bristly on the inside, and can be several feet long. Baleen whales use their baleen to eat food.
Are bowhead whales baleen whales?
Bowhead whales are baleen whales.
WHAT DO BALEEN WHALES LEARN?
Baleen whales eat krill, zooplankton and small fish swarming in large schools. Because baleen whales have no teeth, they are believed to uses their enormous tongue to move food trapped inside the baleen, to squeeze water out of the mouth, and to assist the action of swallowing.
1.What special feature does a baleen whale have to let it eat the food it eat the food it wants?
Baleen Whales filter their food. They are filter feeders. They take in a lot of water and their baleen plates filter the food from the water.
Are humpback whales toothed or baleen whales?
Baleen
