Cnidarians are carnivorous, feeding mostly on zooplankton but also on small crustaceans, fish eggs, worms, smaller cnidarians, and even small fish.
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heterotrophic - ingest food like animals
Paramecium capture food using its cilia, which create water currents to draw in organic matter. Once the food enters its oral groove, it is engulfed by the cell membrane and forms a food vacuole. Digestive enzymes are then secreted into the vacuole to break down the food for nourishment.
food vacuole is a small cavity in the cytoplasm that temporarily store food.
In green plants, chloroplasts are the organelles that capture light energy through photosynthesis. They contain chlorophyll, the pigment that gives plants their green color, which enables them to convert light into chemical energy used to make food for the plant.
Cnidocytes are specialized cells found in cnidarians that contain stinging structures called nematocysts. When triggered, nematocysts shoot out barbed threads that inject toxins into prey for food capture. In defense, nematocysts can be used to deter predators by stinging them.
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They use their 8 arms and 2 tentacles to capture food.
Burrowing Owls Capture Food By Digging or Hidding & Jumping
how does a earwig capture its food
they get there food by hunting it
The scientific name for a barnacle is "Cirripedia."
They capture their food by squeezing prey with their spike-studded legs and stunning them, then it kills.
By distraction
Elephants eat leaves off of trees. They don't "capture " food.
Lizards catch food by stalking it
Hunting.