Whales and Dolphins Food
"So
what is whales and
dolphins food..."
Although dolphins are also whales, their diet is different from the large baleen whales.
What Do Whales Eat?
Large baleen whales feed by filtering the food out of the water and they eat small organisms such as krill. Most of them cruise-feed - they swim slowly through krill swarms with their mouth open, the krill gets into their mouth, and they push the water out again, while krill gets caught behind the baleen and the whale will swallow it. Humpback Whales do it a bit differently - they don't cruise but rise up through shoals of small fish and scoop up water. Grey whales often feed on the ocean bottom, where they filter shrimps and shellfish out of the mud.
What Do Dolphins Eat?
Dolphins and other toothed whales are active hunters and take bigger prey than the filter feeders above. Toothed whales eat larger fish, and also other large sea creatures such as squid, crabs, molluscs, and larger shellfish. Beaked whales don't have any teeth, but they are not filter feeders - they suck their prey, mostly squid, into their mouths. Killer whales have more teeth than average dolphins and they take very large prey, such as seals and sea lions. Toothed whales use their teeth to catch their prey, not to chew it. They commonly swallow small animals whole and large chunks of meat if they have to bite a piece off.
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