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Limpets are grazers and they feed basically on algae growing on rocks and other surfaces. They collect the algae with a ribbon-like tongue with rows of teeth.
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How does a whitecap limpet get its food?
A whitecap limpet is a sea snail that eats coralline algae using its radula. The radula has teeth that collects the food and is used as a defense against predators.
What Eats Limpet?
Limpets eat microscopic plants of the rocks. They use their rough tougue to scrape it off.
Is a limpet a mollusc?
Yes, limpets are aquatic snails, which are mollusks.
What is the predator of the limpet?
birds and other bigger animals like snails
What would happen to the limpet population if its muscles died out due to disease?
they die
How does a whitecap limpet get its food?
A whitecap limpet is a sea snail that eats coralline algae using its radula. The radula has teeth that collects the food and is used as a defense against predators.
Do starfish eat limpet?
Some starfish do indeed eat limpet. These starfish tend to be more aggressive feeders and will pry limpets from their rocks.
What is a whitecap?
A whitecap is a wave where the tip is usally white.
What is the food chain of a limpet?
seaweed - limpet - crab - humans
What is the difference between swell and whitecap?
A swell is a wave or series of waves that are caused by surface gravity. However a whitecap wave is caused by the wind.
What Eats Limpet?
Limpets eat microscopic plants of the rocks. They use their rough tougue to scrape it off.
What does a rough limpet eat?
it eats microscopic plants of the rock they use there rough tongues to scrape it off
What does limpet eat?
Limpets eat different types of algae such as microscopic seaweed.
Does the limpet live in the sandy beach or rocky shore?
It can. It depends what kind of limpet it is.
Why is Mr Limpet in The Little Mermaid movie?
Mr Limpet is an undersea adventure
How did Mr Limpet turned into a fish?
Why Henry Limpet (Don Knotts) in 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet' turned into a dolphin after falling into the water was never explained .
How does a Limpet protect itself?
The limpet hides in its protective shell and sucks hard onto the rock or surface that it is on making it almost impossible to remove with ease. However the limpet is defenseless against birde with strong beaks eg the african black oyster catcher, even though it doesn't actually eat oysters. Written by MAC from BHS
