Sentences with phrase «feed tiny crustaceans»
They, in turn, feed tiny crustaceans called krill, which are eaten by whales, penguins and some fish.
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For instance, copepods, which are tiny crustaceans, tend to gather and feed at certain levels of salinity and temperature.
Meanwhile, populations of certain species of Antarctic penguins such as the Adélie are dwindling, and Antarctic krill — the tiny crustaceans that feed whales and many other animals — are also on the decline.
When fry hatch in early spring, they feed mainly on the eggs of tiny aquatic crustaceans called copepods.
Newly described fossils (including a lower jaw, inset) suggest that Janjucetus, an early relative of modern whales that strain tiny crustaceans from large volumes of seawater, used suction feeding instead to grab indi
The gray whales make the trek to Alaska to the feeding grounds of the Bering Sea to feast on millions of tiny crustaceans — a delicacy in the gray whale world — before traveling south to the warmer temperatures for mating season.
They feed mostly on plankton, pelagic crustaceans, squid and tiny baitfish, as well as sardines and anchovies, just by moving through the water with mouths open wide.
Despite their massive size, the whales feed on tiny shrimp - like crustaceans called krill, consuming as many as 40 million krill per day.