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An average-sized blue whale will eat 2,000-9,000 pounds (900-4100 kg) of plankton each day during the summer feeding season in cold, arctic waters ( about 120 ... Blue Whales: Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth and are filter feeders. They consume massive amounts of krill, which are tiny shrimp-like ... Nov 4, 2021 ... Those in turn would feed huge swarms of krill, which would feed whales. ... How do blue ... How Do Whales Eat? Instead of having teeth, the blue whale filters its food through baleen plates. These are fringed, comb-like plates that are made of ... What do blue whales eat? Ironically, the largest animal on the planet survives by eating one of the smallest. Feasting mostly on krill – a tiny shrimp like ... That includes sperm whales, North Pacific Right whales, blue whales and finback whales. ... What do whales in Alaska eat? What a whale eats is dependent on the ... Nov 1, 2022 ... Blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of plastic every day ... Blue whales could be accidentally eating 10 million pieces of microplastic ... Jan 29, 2022 ... Although the predation of blue whales by orcas is gruesome, scientists say it could be a positive sign for the health of whale species in the ... Nov 9, 2021 ... Krill, small shrimp-like crustaceans* that blue whales eat almost exclusively, contain a significant amount of iron – a scarce nutrient in the ... Nov 3, 2021 ... "Blue whales might lunge into a prey patch 200 times a day," he says. "Humpback whales might do it 500 times a day." After all this eating comes ...