gulp feeding

animal behavior

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In rorqual
…into the throat and make gulp-feeding practical (see cetacean: Feeding adaptations).
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In cetacean: Feeding
In gulp feeding, the whale opens its mouth to take in a huge mouthful of water, closes its mouth, strains the water out through the baleen apparatus along the sides of the mouth, and swallows its prey. Gulp feeding is common in rorquals, which have ventral…
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