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Why do sharks eat plankton?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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12y ago

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No.

Well, maybe by accident.

An animal as big as a great white would have to be a filter feeder to be able to eat plankton efficiently. And the great white isn't. It prefers bigger prey.

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12y ago

that's what they choose if their is no more of what they normally eat. they have to adapt or perish or even change their diet. to explain if their's no more of what they normally eat is that maybe something that happened to the ecosystem and affected the dolphin (for example)

Sharks dont eat plankton whales do. Sharks are adapted to hunting and scavenging,

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16y ago

the sharks that i know of that eat plankton are Whale sharks, Basking sharks, "mega mouth" (i don't know the technical name) i can't think of any more those are a few

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3y ago
thank you

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14y ago

The whale shark, megamouth shark and basking shark are the only shark to feed solely on plankton.

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14y ago

whale shark.

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