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The Omnivian would never filter-feed through the skies again, nor would it give birth to live young while on the wing.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Most other whales don't have teeth at all and filter-feed on plankton or shrimplike krill.
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This thing looks like its ready to filter-feed on Mercedes-Benzes, BMWs and Jaguars like so much krill.
The Better to Eat You With, Luxury Rivals DAN NEIL 2010
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Most other whales don't have teeth at all and filter-feed on plankton or shrimplike krill.
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These larvae filter-feed in the water column before settling to the benthos to transform into adults.
Mollusca 2007
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Do you float and filter-feed like a jellyfish or attack like a shark?
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Scott Berkun is obsessed with design 2003
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Paddlefish filter-feed on tiny organisms, using electro-receptors in their rostrums to detect plankton blooms.
NYT > Home Page By DEBORAH WEISBERG 2011
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Paddlefish filter-feed on tiny organisms, using electro-receptors in their rostrums to detect plankton blooms.
NYT > Home Page By DEBORAH WEISBERG 2011
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Menhaden filter-feed nearly exclusively on algae, the most abundant forage in the world, and are prolifically good at converting that algae into omega-3 fatty acids and other important proteins and oils.
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Menhaden filter-feed nearly exclusively on algae, the most abundant forage in the world, and are prolifically good at converting that algae into omega-3 fatty acids and other important proteins and oils.
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