How Giant Creatures Eat Tiny Meals: 5 Fabulous Filter Feeders

Some of the largest creatures that have ever lived on earth thrive by eating tiny prey. Why don’t they eat bigger fish, and how can they even consume these things they can barely see? Here are 5 creatures that grow to be giants by eating tiny meals! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: ---------- Sources: #:~:text=Generally, baleen whales strain large,using their tongue and swallowed. #:~:text=Whale sharks use three feeding,prey into their mouths; and SPECIMEN OF MEGAMOUTH SHARK, MEGACHASMA PELAGIOS (MEGACHASMIDAE) FROM WESTERN :1007369619576 :169199 #:~:text=Both species of manta ray,their mouths called gill plates.&text=Giant manta rays live alone,groups, typically congregating to feed Image Sources: : : :Denticules_cutanés_du_requin_citron_Negaprion_brevirostris_vus_au_microscope_électronique_à :