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To: Right Wing Professor
Whale and basking sharks filter krill with their gills, not their teeth.

Other than that I asked for a picture of a carnivore which could also filter krill, and so far nobody's provided one.

725 posted on 01/26/2005 10:35:29 AM PST by judywillow
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To: judywillow
Other than that I asked for a picture of a carnivore which could also filter krill, and so far nobody's provided one.

Oh, you mean like the crabeater seal?

http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/seals/crabeater.shtml

Crabeaters are misnamed, since they actually eat krill, not crabs, occasionally supplementing their diet with small fish and squid. Pursuing prey on shallow dives, they use rows of interlocking upper and lower teeth to form a sieve-like palate which strains krill from the water. They can consume 20-25 times their body weight in a year. In fact, the total amount of krill consumed by Crabeater seals is more than that of all the remaining baleen whales put together.

So you will be retracting now, right?

729 posted on 01/26/2005 10:50:49 AM PST by Right Wing Professor (Evolve or die!)
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To: judywillow; Right Wing Professor

"Other than that I asked for a picture of a carnivore which could also filter krill, and so far nobody's provided one"

Judy, If you would post your picture for us, I think that would suffice. ;-)


733 posted on 01/26/2005 11:30:29 AM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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