Blue Whale Eating Krill (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Blue Whale Eating Krill

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A blue whale begins eating a large krill patch. The krill nearest the whale's mouth are beginning to jump as they recognize the predator approaching.

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Photo courtesy of Leigh Torres, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory at the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University.

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