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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zentront • 3d ago
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Despite being called "crabeater", their diet is primarily krill, and it's an evolutionary adaptation to use their teeth as filters for a mouthful of krill and expel the seawater out. Similar to baleen on whales.
189 u/brek47 3d ago Thank you! I was looking for something more informational than the typical Reddit BS. 19 u/theequallyunique 3d ago Typically reddit is amazing at having someone come up with the actual context and upvoting it.
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Thank you! I was looking for something more informational than the typical Reddit BS.
19 u/theequallyunique 3d ago Typically reddit is amazing at having someone come up with the actual context and upvoting it.
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Typically reddit is amazing at having someone come up with the actual context and upvoting it.
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u/kermityfrog2 3d ago
Despite being called "crabeater", their diet is primarily krill, and it's an evolutionary adaptation to use their teeth as filters for a mouthful of krill and expel the seawater out. Similar to baleen on whales.