How do whales filter seawater from their food?
Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries
Want to hear something wild about whales? Even though they’re some of the biggest creatures in the ocean, they eat some of the smallest sea life out there! Certain types of whales get their food by sucking in big gulps of water along with tiny shrimp – millions of them per day! But how do they filter out the seawater from the food? We asked marine biologist Leanna Matthews to help us find the answer.
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