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When shrimp are still small (smaller than 1 cm), they do not live at the bottom of the sea; but float around in the water. They will mainly eat small plants and animals that are also floating around in the water. These small plants and animals are called plankton. Shrimp, however, grow quite fast (after a year they are usually 4 cm long) and they already live at the bottom of the sea. They also have started to eat a larger variety of food and more and more often they search for other small animals as food. Especially when it is dark, they will search for small mud shrimp, very small shellfish and worms. Shrimp even regard a dead crab or fish as a lovely meal. Smaller shrimp and shrimp that have just moulted (exchanged their shells) also have to be very alert to make sure that they do not meet hungry large shrimp because they eat each other (real cannibals!). As you see, shrimp are not too selective. That is why they are also called the great cleaners of the sea. Finding food in the muddy water of the Waddenzee is a difficult enterprise for shrimp. That is why they do not use their eyes to find food but they find it using their great sense of smell. Shrimp do not have noses like many animals on land but have a number of feelers on their heads with which they can smell very well. These feelers also help shrimp detect where exactly the aroma of the tasty snack is coming from.
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What do roach fish eat?
freshwater shrimp, larvae ect
What do stickle backs eat?
various kinds of mosquito larvae water worms insect larvae and some shrimp and some other small fish.
What does a marsh kill fish eat?
Mosquito Larvae, aquatic crustaceans, worms. They will also eat flakes, algae granules, bloodworms, crushed pellets, brine shrimp, or baby shrimp.
Do playpus eat meat?
No they do not eat meat. A Platypus is a carnivore. Its diet consists mainly of shrimp, crayfish, insect larvae and worms.
What does a pipefish eat?
Pipefish are predators. They eat crustaceans, small fish, aquatic insects and insect larvae. Exactly what they eat depends on the species. Smaller ones eat copepods, amphipod larvae, small mysids. Larger ones might eat grass shrimp and fish.
What do flamingos eat?
Flamingos eat small fish like anchovies and shrimp. Flamingos are actually white or grey, but the shrimp they eat turns them pink. When a flamingo loses its feathers it eventually turns white or grey. A baby flamingo is born white or grey, but it gets pinker as it gets older.They eat shrimp and some anchovies, as well. (It is the shrimp that accounts for the pink color of flamingos.)They eat plankton, tiny fish, fly larvae, small shrimp, and anchovies.
What is the main food source for a platypus?
Platypuses eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae of caddisflies, mayflies and two-winged flies, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish.
Do platypuses eat spiders?
No. Platypuses eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish. They do not eat anything terrestrial.
Do platypus eat mainly fish?
No: platypuses do not eat fish at all. Platypuses eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish.
Do platypuses eat dogs?
No. Although platypuses are carnivores, they do not eat dogs. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish.
What do bait fish eat?
Anything small enough to fit in their mouth: tiny shrimp, insect larvae, water fleas, bits of detritus, etc.
What do stilt birds eat?
Stilts are a family of birds called Recurviostridae. All species feed on fish, shrimp, larvae, worms, tadpoles, and molusks.
