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Filter Feeder

50 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.

InvertebrateFishMammalBirdInsectAnimal

Objects with this trait

Browse every object currently tagged with filter feeder.

49 with scientific names

American Flamingo
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American Flamingo
Banana Slug
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Banana Slug
Barnacle
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Barnacle
Basking Shark
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Basking Shark
Beluga Whale
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Beluga Whale
Blue Whale
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Blue Whale
Bowhead Whale
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Bowhead Whale
Caddisfly
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Caddisfly
Carp
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Carp
Cave Crayfish
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Cave Crayfish
Coquina
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Coquina
Corydoras Catfish
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Corydoras Catfish
Crystal Jelly
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Crystal Jelly
Devil Ray
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Devil Ray
Fin Whale
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Fin Whale
Flamingos
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Flamingos
Ghost Shrimp
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Ghost Shrimp
Grass Carp
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Grass Carp
Great Cormorant
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Great Cormorant
Greater Flamingo
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Greater Flamingo
Guano Beetle
ancient_lineage trait badgecave_dwelling trait badgedecomposer trait badgefilter_feeder trait badge
Guano Beetle
Humpback Whale
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Humpback Whale
Krill
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Krill
Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leech
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Leech
Limpet
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Limpet
Manta Ray
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Manta Ray
Minke Whale
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Minke Whale
Ostracod
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Ostracod
Pacific Herring
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Pacific Herring
Panda Corydoras
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Panda Corydoras
Planaria
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Planaria
Remora
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Remora
Rudd
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Rudd
Sailfin Tang
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Sailfin Tang
Salp
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Salp
Sardine
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Sardine
Sea Cucumber
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Sea Cucumber
Sea Gooseberry
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Sea Gooseberry
Sea Star
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Sea Star
Sea Urchin
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Sea Urchin
Shrimp
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Shrimp
Starfish
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Starfish
Tilapias
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Tilapias
Transparent Amphipod
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Transparent Amphipod
Vampire Squid
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Vampire Squid
West Indian Manatee
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West Indian Manatee
Whale Shark
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Whale Shark
Whirligig Beetle
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Whirligig Beetle
Zebra Mussel
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Zebra Mussel