Is a whale a carnivore or a herbivore?

Answer 1

It depends on the whale. Whales are generally divided into two groups. One is the toothed whales, which are carnivorous. The other group is the baleen whales, which use baleen to strain plankton from the ocean waters. Plankton is the term applied to an extremely broad group of tiny living things that inhabit a particular zone or depth range in the waters. And there are some that are animals, and some that are plants - which is where we were going with our explanation. The toothed whales are carnivorous, and the baleen whales strain tiny animals and plants from the ocean. Since the baleen whales eat both the tiny plants and animals, they probably aren't herbivores. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on whales and on plankton. Surf on over and have a look.

Answer 2

In general, whales eat krill - tiny shrimp-like animals, and plankton - microscopic plants.... so they are omnivores. However, some species only eat plankton - baleen whales and bowhead whales, so they are herbivores.

Answer 3

A Carnivore. Its favorite food is "Krill". An Adult blue whale can kill upto 40 million krill per day. They can eat nearly 3500 kilograms of krill in a single day. They need nearly 1.5 million kilocalories of energy per day and so, they nearly eat nonstop. Small fish, crustaceans and squids too get caught when they trap krill in their mouth.

They scoop up large quantities of water into their mouth along with krill and other small aquatic creatures and then filters and push the water out. All remaining animals are swallowed.

Answer 4

A whale will eat tiny plankton in the sea. Even though they are big animals they will eat small food.

Answer 5

Yes and no, some whales eat plankton (plant) and other whale might eat fish or krill.(krill is a type of shrimp)

Answer 6

Whales are carnivores. They primarily feed on fish, squid, and other marine animals.

Answer 7

A whale is a omnivore.

Answer 8

Whales are carnivores.