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Matt Gorni (20) intro Mrs. McKee (40) Body English 11, 4.0 (20) conclusion 11 December 8, 2009 (20) research **__ Eating habits of whales __** Our class studied Herman Melville’s 1851 epic, //Moby dick//. While reading the book some questions arose about whales. These questions included what do whales eat? This question naturally spawned more questions such as how much do whales eat and how much do whales eat? Well rest assured that all these questions will soon be answered. The first question I mentioned was what do whales eat. There are actually two answers to that question because there are two different types of whales. One is called baleen whales and the other is toothed whales. Baleen whales have hair like structures in there mouth called baleen instead of teeth to filter food out of the water. The toothed whales are just what the name implies, they have teeth to hunt there prey. Baleen whales use there baleen to filter krill out of the water. Toothed whales eat small fish and even b  The previous question naturally led to the second witch was how much do whales eat? The amount and type of food consumed varies between species. For example the blue whale eats over 8,000 pounds of zooplankton every day. There are many more measurements but too many to list for now. The third and final question is how do whales hunt.

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what do whales eat?

Baleen  whales whales whales  are filter feeders which   eat eat eat  things like [|plankton], copepods, small fish, and krill. They filter their food through a comb-like structure known as baleen. Blue  whales whales whales , minke   whales whales whales  , and right   whales whales whales  are some examples of baleen   whales whales whales. Gray  whales whales whales , another type of baleen whale, filter the sediment on the ocean floor to access the small creatures which live there. In the case of the [|blue whale], the  whales whales whales eat eat eat  up to 8,000 pounds (3,600 kilograms) of food every day during the season when they feed to store up energy reserves for the winter. In the winter months, the animals survive on their [|blubber]. how much do whales eat?

A whale may be eating about 2,625 lbs of zooplankton a day

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