Assertion: blue whale | /r/CapableOf | eat krill
Facets:
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: almost exclusively
type: DEGREE
value: by using its baleen plates
type: MANNER
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: despite being enormous
type: OTHER
value: near the surface of the water
type: LOCATION
value: like 4 tonnes
type: OTHER
value: for every blue whales
type: OTHER
value: crustaceans that are
type: OTHER
value: at the surface
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The blue whale eats mostly very tiny creatures, like krill.
text: Blue whales feed on krill at the surface and at depths greater than 328 ft (100 m), following their prey’s diel vertical migration through the water column.
text: When it comes to their diet the blue whale is known to primarily consume krill, although other small ocean creatures such as copepods may also be ingested.
text: Blue whales feast on krill; their stomachs can hold 2,200 pounds of the tiny crustaceans at a time.
text: Blue whales are huge, even though they can only swallow small animals like krill.
text: Then it swallows the krill whole.
text: Blue whales eat the krill using a special type of filter on their mouths called a baleen.
text: Examples include the blue whale, which eats almost exclusively krill, the minke whale, which eats mainly schooling fish, the sperm whale, which specialize on squid, and the grey whale which feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
text: The blue whale eats mostly very tiny creatures, like krill.
text: Blue whales eat krill, crustaceans that are similar to shrimp.
text: The blue whale eats mostly very tiny creatures, like krill.
text: Blue whales eat krill (euphausiids) and copepods.
text: Blue whales almost exclusively eat krill
text: The blue whale eats mostly krill (small shrimp-like crustaceans) by using its baleen plates lining its mouth to sieve krill from the water.
text: Blue whales eat krill, a tiny pale pinkish shrimp-like creature that is around the size of your little finger.
text: Blue whales eat krill, which are similar to shrimp.
text: They can eat krill (their primary food) like 4 tonnes each day for every blue whales!
text: The blue whale eats mostly krill (small shrimp-like crustaceans) by using its baleen plates lining its mouth to sieve krill from the water.
text: The blue whale eats mostly krill (small shrimp-like crustaceans) by using its baleen plates lining its mouth to sieve krill from the water.
text: The Blue Whale only eat krill.
text: Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, though they also take small numbers of copepods.
text: Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, though they also take small numbers of copepods.
text: Because blue whales feed on krill, their survival is at a risk too.
text: Blue whales mainly feed on krill.
text: They feed almost exclusively on krill, straining huge volumes of ocean water through their baleen plates (which hang from the roof of the mouth and work like a sieve).
text: It is typically only during the night that blue whales will feed on krill near the surface of the water because krill generally migrates toward the surface during the night and dives back down into the ocean during the day.
text: They are found in all of the world’s oceans, and are thought to travel towards the poles in the spring to take advantage of the high zooplankton production that occurs there in the summer (blue whales feed predominantly on krill, a type of zooplankton), and then back towards the equator in the early winter.
text: Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, though they also take small numbers of copepods.
text: Blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, though they also take small numbers of copepods.
text: Despite being enormous in size, blue whales mostly consumes small marine animals like fish, shrimp, and krill.
text: While consuming krill the blue whale may coincidentally swallow fish, crustaceans and squid that happen to be swimming in or near the school of krill
text: Primarily the blue whale consumes krill and many other small ocean creatures like copepods also be ingested.
text: If the Blue Whale went extinct for example, and were to stop consuming krill, you can imagine the effect it would have on the food chain.
text: Blue whales feast on krill; Their stomachs can contain 1,000 kg of small crustaceans at a time.
text: Blue whales feast on krill; their stomachs can hold 2,200 pounds of the tiny crustaceans at a time.
text: Blue whales feast on krill; their stomachs can hold 2,200 pounds of the tiny crustaceans at a time.
text: When they start eating, blue whales will expand their throat plates and takes in water and krills, pushes the water out through its baleen plates and swallowing the krills that already stayed in the mouth.
text: In order to eat, the blue whale expands its throat plates and takes in both water and krill, then it pushes the water out through its baleen plates, swallowing the krill that has stayed inside its mouth.