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Are krill nocturnal?
Most krill species display large daily vertical migrations, thus providing food for predators near the surface at night and in deeper waters during th...
Who is the biggest killer of krill?
Krill are consumed by many predators including baleen whales (13), leading to storage of some of the krill carbon as biomass for decades before the wh...
What type of animal eats krill?
Krill is the near-exclusive food for giant blue whales, and seabirds like auklets and shearwaters. Commercially valuable salmon, rockfish, flatfish, s...
What name is given to a big group of krill?
Krill swim together in large groups called swarms. How many krill are in a swarm?What is the biggest krill?Is krill a plankton?Is krill a shrimp?How l...
Information on why they kill Antarctic animals?
Why are animals dying in Antarctica?Why is whaling a problem in Antarctica?What do people hunt in Antarctica?What is happening to animals in Antarcti...
What affect would an animal going extinct in the Antarctica food chains have?
How does food supply affect animal populations in Antarctica?What would happen if Antarctic krill went extinct?How does Antarctica climate affect peo...
Why are krill numbers shrinking?
There has also been a long term decline in the total population of krill since the 1970s, for reasons that have not been conclusively determined. It i...
Do things that don't live in water eat krill?
What animals only eat krill?What animal does not eat krill?What creatures rely on krill to survive?What habitat does krill live in?Does killer whale ...
How do krill camouflage?
Some species of krill are bioluminescent. This means that Antarctic krill emit a yellow-green light that is thought to either camouflage the krill's s...