Predator and Prey (IMAGE)

Brown University

Predator and Prey

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Marine ecologists at Brown University have found that barnacles thrive in strong upwelling sites in the Galapagos Islands, and are an important food source for predators such as whelks (shown in picture), a kind of sea snail.

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Jon Witman, Brown University

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