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Filter Feeder

196 objects

Discover amazing animals that filter their food right from the water! They have special ways to strain tiny bits of plants or other creatures to eat.

Filter feeders obtain nutrients by straining suspended food particles and small organisms from water.

BirdInvertebrateInsectFishMammalPlant

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Acanthocephala terminalis
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Acanthocephala terminalis
Amano Shrimp
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Amano Shrimp
American Avocet
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American Avocet
American Flamingo
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American Flamingo
American Gizzard Shad
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American Gizzard Shad
American White Pelican
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American White Pelican
American Wigeon
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American Wigeon
Anas flavirostris oxyptera
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Anas flavirostris oxyptera
Anthopleura elegantissima
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Anthopleura elegantissima
Atlantic Ribbed Mussel
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Atlantic Ribbed Mussel
Aurelia aurita
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Aurelia aurita
Australian Pelican
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Australian Pelican
Banana Slug
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Banana Slug
Bare-faced Ibis
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Bare-faced Ibis
Barnacle
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Barnacle
Barrow's Goldeneye
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Barrow's Goldeneye
Basking Shark
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Basking Shark
Bigmouth buffalo
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Bigmouth buffalo
Black Flies
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Black Flies
Black Swan
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Black Swan
Black-necked Swan
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Black-necked Swan
Blue Mussel
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Blue Mussel
Blue Whale
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Blue Whale
Blue-winged Teal
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Blue-winged Teal
Bonaparte's Gull
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Bonaparte's Gull
Bowhead Whale
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Bowhead Whale
Brandt's Cormorant
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Brandt's Cormorant
Brazilian Teal
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Brazilian Teal
Bufflehead
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Bufflehead
Burrowing Mayflies
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Burrowing Mayflies
Cape Teal
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Cape Teal
Carp
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Carp
Cave Crayfish
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Cave Crayfish
Chain Tunicate
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Chain Tunicate
Chilean Flamingo
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Chilean Flamingo
Chironomini
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Chironomini
Chironomus
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Chironomus
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
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Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Cinnamon Teal
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Cinnamon Teal
Cipangopaludina
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Cipangopaludina
Clark's Grebe
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Clark's Grebe
Comb Duck
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Comb Duck
Common Atlantic Slippersnail
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Common Atlantic Slippersnail
Common Eider
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Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
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Common Goldeneye
Common Greenshank
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Common Greenshank
Common Minke Whale
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Common Minke Whale
Common Moorhen
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Common Moorhen
Common Shelduck
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Common Shelduck
Coquina
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Coquina
Corydoras Catfish
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Corydoras Catfish
Crystal Jelly
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Crystal Jelly
Curly-Leaf Pondweed
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Curly-Leaf Pondweed
Dalmatian Pelican
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Dalmatian Pelican
Devil Ray
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Devil Ray
Eastern Elliptio
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Eastern Elliptio
Eastern Oyster
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Eastern Oyster
Eccentric Sand Dollar
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Eccentric Sand Dollar
Ecdyonurus
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Ecdyonurus
Egg-Yolk Jelly
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Egg-Yolk Jelly
Eudistylia Catharinae
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Eudistylia Catharinae
Eurasian Coot
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Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Greater Water Boatman
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Eurasian Greater Water Boatman
Eurasian Spoonbill
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Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Wigeon
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Eurasian Wigeon
European Flat Oyster
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European Flat Oyster
Fatmucket
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Fatmucket
Fin Whale
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Fin Whale
Fingernet Caddisflies
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Fingernet Caddisflies
Flamingos
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Flamingos
Fragile Papershell
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Fragile Papershell
Gadwall
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Gadwall
Ghost Shrimp
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Ghost Shrimp
Giant Floater
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Giant Floater
Giant Green Anemone
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Giant Green Anemone
Giant Mayflies
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Giant Mayflies
Giant Plumose Anemone
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Giant Plumose Anemone
Giraffe Catfish
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Giraffe Catfish
Glossy Ibis
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Glossy Ibis
Golden Shiner
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Golden Shiner
Gooseneck Barnacle
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Gooseneck Barnacle
Grass Carp
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Grass Carp
Great Cormorant
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Great Cormorant
Great White Pelican
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Great White Pelican
Greater Adjutant
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Greater Adjutant
Greater Duckweed
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Greater Duckweed
Greater Flamingo
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Greater Flamingo
Greater Scaup
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Greater Scaup
Guano Beetle
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Guano Beetle
Hamerkop
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Hamerkop
Harpella forficella
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Harpella forficella
Humpback Whale
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Humpback Whale
Island Apple Snail
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Island Apple Snail
Knob-billed Duck
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Knob-billed Duck
Krill
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Krill
Leafy Hornmouth
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Leafy Hornmouth
Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leech
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Leech
Lesser Flamingo
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Lesser Flamingo
Lesser Scaup
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Lesser Scaup
Limpet
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Limpet
Little Grebe
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Little Grebe
Little Gull
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Little Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Magnificent Bryozoan
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Magnificent Bryozoan
Mandarin Duck
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Mandarin Duck
Manta Ray
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Manta Ray
Marbled Green
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Marbled Green
Mayflies
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Mayflies
Megasternum
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Megasternum
Minke Whale
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Minke Whale
Mnemiopsis leidyi
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Mnemiopsis leidyi
Monkeyflower Non-biting Midge
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Monkeyflower Non-biting Midge
Moonglow Anemone
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Moonglow Anemone
Mytilus californianus
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Mytilus californianus
Neotropic Cormorant
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Neotropic Cormorant
Net-Spinning Caddisflies
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Net-Spinning Caddisflies
Non-biting Midges
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Non-biting Midges
Northern Bay Mussel
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Northern Bay Mussel
Northern Caddisflies
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Northern Caddisflies