NGM106 - The Filter feeders
Nature's Greatest Moments • 5m 33s
Some of the largest fish in the sea feed on the tiniest of marine organisms. Manta rays and whale sharks feed by filtering the water and extracting the tiny creatures that form plankton. But they are able to do this by swimming forward in the water with mouth agape, but there are creatures such as corals and sponges that are attached to the reef and need to reach into the water with tiny tentacles to catch the passing plankton.
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