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The diet of the blue whale consists of krill and plankton. The blue whale spends most of its time in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans where it has plenty of food. In winter, it migrates to warmer waters in the tropics. However, plankton in the tropics is scarce and so at this time the whale must rely on its blubber for nourishment. In Arctic waters the blue whale feeds on three species of crustacean. It catches most of its food by diving. Sometimes it will go as deep as 1,650 ft. below the surface. When the whale rises it can feed by collecting the seawater in its mouth and straining out the plankton. Instead of teeth it has what are called baleen plates. The blue whale has a row of approximately 320 of these plates. These are 40 inches long and 22 inches wide. These are what the blue whale uses to strain out the food from the water. Long bristles on the ends of the baleen plates capture and hold the whale's food, which it then can lick off to eat.
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Blue whales feeding chain?
{| ! colspan="5" | The Food Chain of a Blue Whale | Blue whale Zooplankton Phytoplankton |}
What whales do not have the same feeding structure as a blue whale?
Blue whales are baleen whales or filter feeders. Any whale classified as a toothed whale has a different mode of feeding, hence do not have baleen, but teeth.
Does a killer whale have the same feeding structure as a blue whale?
The killer whale and blue whale have different feeding structures. Killer whales have teeth because they feed mainly on seals and fish. Blue whales have baleen or rows of filaments that they use to capture krill from the ocean water.
What are the feeding and digestive systems of fish like?
WHAT IS THE BIGEST WHALE ON Earth or even the biggest animal on earth i think the blue whale is
What are feeding breeding and living habits of rhinos?
feeding , breeding and living habits of rhino
Why do blue whale migration?
Blue whales normally migrate in order to find mates. They also migrate in order to find better feeding areas in the ocean.
How can possible that animals like blue whale and the whale shark survive by feeding mainly in phytoplankton?
They eat a lot of phytoplankton. I don't see what possible confusion there could be here.
What are a parrots feeding habits?
no
Is the blue whale a toothed whale or a ballen whale?
The blue whale is a baleen whale.
Which is larger a blue whale or a gray whale?
Blue Whale
What is the largest megafauna?
The largest animal in the world is the blue whale. It can grow up to 108 feet long and is a filter feeding animal.
Which whale is bigger the blue whale or the whale shark?
The blue whale. Technically the whale shark isn't acually a whale, but in fact the worlds largest fish (shark). The blue whale, also happens to be the largest animal (mammal) on the planet.The blue whale is nearly twice the size of the whale shark, to 90 feet or more.
