ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
DIGESTION IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS
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Strain their food from water.
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Digestive chamber with a single opening.
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Process in which food is broken down outside cells in a digestive system and then absorbed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -filter feeding, in zoology, a form of food procurement in which food particles or small organisms are randomly strained from water. Filter feeding is found primarily among the small-to medium-sized invertebrates but occurs in a few large vertebrates (e.g., flamingos, baleen whales).
Detailed explanation-2: -Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure.
Detailed explanation-3: -Filter feeding is a method some animals use to feed where the animal finds their meal by moving through the water, or taking advantage of water moving by them, and extracting small pieces of food and other particles from the water.
Detailed explanation-4: -Filter feeders strain their food (plankton and detritus) directly from the water. Filter feeding animals include animals like bivalves, tube worms, sponges, and even large animals like baleen whales and manta rays. Predators more actively feed on other animals.
Detailed explanation-5: -Today, filter feeders like clams, sponges, krill, baleen whales, fishes, and many others fill the ocean, spending their days filtering and eating tiny particles from the water.