What do whales eat?: Quick Facts

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A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with its mouth open strains krill through its baleen at the ocean surface off the coast of Alaska, with forested hills in the background.

Killer whales feeding

Giant squid (genus Architeuthis)

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