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Why are crabeater seals called crabeater if they do not eat crabs?
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∙ 14y ago
Crabeater seals are called crabeater seals because of the way their teeth look.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoTheir names were mistaken by earlier sealers. Their teeth just look a bit like crabs.
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∙ 9y agoThe crabeater seal's name originates from its teeth which are designed for filtering krill. Contrary to its name, the crabeater seal does not actually eat crab.
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What do crab seals eat?
Crab Eating Seals DO NOT Eat Crabs, They Eat Krill, But Also Fish.Despite its name, a crabeater seal eats krill.crab squid and krill
What do crab eating seals eat?
Crab Eating Seals DO NOT Eat Crabs, They Eat Krill, But Also Fish.Despite its name, a crabeater seal eats krill.crab squid and krill
How Seal got the name Crab Eater?
Craeater seals do not eat crabs, which are not found in their habitat. They live almost entirely on krill (tiny relations of shrimps). No one seems to know why they are called crabeater seals.
What seals eat squid?
some antarctic seals eat squid but the crabeater seal does not
Do seals eat anchovies?
Seals, penguins, and whales all three eat fish. Although Leapord seals eat fish AND penguins, Elephant seals are vegetarins, but most types of seals eat fish. Seals, penguins, and whales all three eat fish. Although Leapord seals eat fish ANDpenguins, Elephant seals are vegetarins, but most types of seals eat fish.
What do lepord seals eat?
They like to eat all sorts of fish and anything they can find really. But when it comes to lepored seals i do not know what they really do like to eat.
How many teeth do crabeater seals have?
Crabeater seals have 32 teeth - 8 inscisors, 4 canines and 20 post-canine teeth. The latter cannot be subdivided into molars and premolars due to the specialised nature of the crabeater's teeth. They are multi-cusped with gaps between each cusp and they interlock with the teeth on the opposing jaw to form a filter. This is used to filter out krill from the seawater - a more efficient method than grabbing the krill one at a time. Krill are their main prey; they do not eat crabs.
How would a decrease in the number of krill affect the number of crabeater seals?
Thay would die out as they have nothing to eat
What type of seals eat Diatoms?
Diatoms are a type of single celled plankton. There are no seals that eat plankton. Seals eat fish, with the exception of a few types, such as the Crabeater, which eats krill, and the leopard seal, which eats penguins and seal pups.
Who are the crabeater seals enemies?
The enemy is most of the time the leopard seal. They are found to eat 80% of the crab-eater seal pups.
Why would a decrease in the number of krill affect the crab eater seals sooner than it affects leopard seals?
because the crabeater seals don't eat as muchI think :)
What is a crabeator?
Crabeater seals are a small species of seal that lives in Antarctica. They make their home on floating ice sheets. They are the most abundant seal species in the world, with population estimates ranging from 7 to 75 million individuals. Despite their name, they don't eat crabs. Instead, they are filter feeders that eat krill.
