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How do filter feeders eat?
Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passi...
What is the largest animal and is a filter feeder?
Modern filter-feeders include everything from copepods and krill to flamingos and baleen whales, which capture dinner with a sieve-like “whalebone” in...
What are sedentary feeders?
Sedentary shellfish like quahogs and oysters are filter feeders. They feed on plankton and particles in the water column. Known for the "ecosystem ser...
Which animal filters food?
Some animals that use this method of feeding are clams, krill, sponges, baleen whales, and many fish (including some sharks). Some birds, such as flam...
Many fliter feeders in the ocean eat this?
Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many others fill the ocean, spending their days filtering and eating tiny...
Which of the following was used to filter feeding in primitive chordates and has adapted to other functions in more highly evolved organisms?
What is the evolutionary adaptations of chordates feeding ancestors to active predators?What adaptations do chordates have?What is the most primitive...
What is filter feeding mechanism of animals?
Filter feeding is a method of aquatic feeding in which the animal takes in many small pieces of prey at one time. As opposed to predators who seek out...
Largest animal in the world that's a filter feeder?
Modern filter-feeders include everything from copepods and krill to flamingos and baleen whales, which capture dinner with a sieve-like “whalebone” in...
Largest animal in the world and a filter feeder?
Modern filter-feeders include everything from copepods and krill to flamingos and baleen whales, which capture dinner with a sieve-like “whalebone” in...