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1 5 Goose barnacle

Goose barnacle

by KeraLacoMatsuiCalifornia, USA

Filter

0 0 Gooseneck Barnacle

Gooseneck Barnacle

by ScottHarteQueensland, Australia

A barnacle filter

7 2 American Flamingo

American Flamingo

by JasmineJParroquia Tomas de Berlanga (Santo Tomas), Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

American Flamingo filter-feeding on Isabela ...

9 2 American Flamingo

American Flamingo

by JasmineJParroquia Tomas de Berlanga (Santo Tomas), Galápagos, Ecuador

American Flamingos filter-feeding on ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiMaine, USA

Barnacles feed by waving their feathery ...

2 0 Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

by James McNairTitusville, Florida, USA

Pink bird with flat beak in spoon shape used for

0 2 Scaled Worm Snail

Scaled Worm Snail

by faithblake25Santa Barbara, California, USA

An intertidal invertebrate that forms calcareous tubes in/on rocks.

1 0 Sand Flea

Sand Flea

by DanielKlotzCape May, New Jersey, USA

These are small animals that burrow in the sand in the wash zone and use their ...

1 0 Orange Tunicate

Orange Tunicate

by Gerardo AizpuruMexico

formations about 5mm tall each and 6 cm diameter the colony. They are marine ...

1 0 Orange Tunicate

Orange Tunicate

by Gerardo AizpuruMexico

formations about 5mm tall each and 6 cm diameter the colony. They are marine ...

1 2 American Flamingo

American Flamingo

by JasmineJParroquia Tomas de Berlanga (Santo Tomas), Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

By stomping the ground, this filter-feeding ...

4 1 galapagos flamingo

galapagos flamingo

by SusanEllisonProvincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

this bird was spotted in the quick sand of north seymour island

0 0 Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

by LaurineSpringfield, Illinois, USA

Male.

0 0 Variegated Fritillary

Variegated Fritillary

by gatorfellowsDenton, Texas, USA

This lovely specimen was feeding on the ...

0 0 Coral whip and Barnacle

Coral whip and Barnacle

by ScottHarteQueensland, Australia

with it but can still filter

0 0 Porcelain Crab

Porcelain Crab

by ScottHarte4183, Queensland, Australia

A cool porcelain crab living in an anemone. It

0 0 Greater Flamingo(es)

Greater Flamingo(es)

by ElsaDoha, Qatar

The most widespread and also largest flamingo species in the world found across ...

0 0 Gooseneck Barnacle

Gooseneck Barnacle

by CoralAverySan Diego, California, USA

Shiny white gooseneck barnacles competing for living space with mussels at the ...

3 4 Hoverfly

Hoverfly

by injicaZagreb, Croatia

. Larvae filter

0 0 Goose Barnacle

Goose Barnacle

by LeanneGardnerQueensland, Australia

filter-feeding crustaceans that live ...

0 0 Peacock Worm

Peacock Worm

by Sam10England, United Kingdom

sediments bound with mucus, and protrudes the frilly lobes to

1 0 Gorgonian Seafan

Gorgonian Seafan

by Marta RubioTexeiraPuntarenas, Costa Rica

consumed. This process, called filter ...

3 0 Whale Shark

Whale Shark

by mack.daniels7Atlanta, Georgia, USA

. They are a filter

3 2 Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

by James McNairTitusville, Florida, USA

Characterized by its pink and white coloring and the startling spoon shaped ...

13 1 Sea apple

Sea apple

by JosephinSchönknechtKaskazini Pemba, Tanzania

apple feeds primarily on plankton, which ...

0 0 pink /purple striped  Barnacles

pink /purple striped Barnacles

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

which it uses for feeding.I was delited to ...

2 0 New Zealand cockle

New Zealand cockle

by CharlieSelfTauranga, New Zealand

The filter-feeding habit of cockles makes ...

17 13 Whale shark / Domino

Whale shark / Domino

by GerardoAizpuruMexico

Photo taken open sea near Isla mujeres mexico. Is a slow-moving

9 0 Whale Shark

Whale Shark

by Gerardo AizpuruCancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Photo take near Isla Mueres, México. Is a slow-moving

10 13 Whale Shark

Whale Shark

by Gerardo AizpuruCancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

-moving filter

0 0 Pulga d'água

Pulga d'água

by XigremelisSobradinho, Distrito Federal, Brazil

0.9 mm in length that serves as a primary consumer in the aquatic food chain ...

0 0 Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

by gatorfellowsDenton, Texas, USA

This single butterfly has been feeding on ...

1 0 Northern Shoveler (Eclipse Plumage)

Northern Shoveler (Eclipse Plumage)

by DonnaPomeroySan Mateo, California, USA

edges, which filter out food from the ...

53 29 Yellow Tube Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

by moralcoralQuintana Roo, Mexico

quantities of water through their bodies,

1 0 Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

by MachiOrlando, Florida, USA

Male and female. I think the female (photos 4 & 5) was

1 2 Keyhole sand dollar, endoskeleton

Keyhole sand dollar, endoskeleton

by Maria dBNorth Carolina, USA

obtain food. They feed on fine particles ...

2 0 Reef manta ray

Reef manta ray

by Marek Koszorekจังหวัดพังงา, Thailand

lifestyle, it feeds by

8 2 Lesser Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

by Vipul RamanujGujarat, India

called carotenoids in the organisms they eat. Did you know Flamingos can only ...

9 1 Whale Shark

Whale Shark

by moralcoralQuintana Roo, Mexico

The largest living fish species and a slow-moving

8 7 Lesser Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

by SatyenMGujarat, India

. The Lesser Flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo. This species

0 1 Goose barnacle

Goose barnacle

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

White, hard, crustaceans that resemble goose head/bills. These are

1 0 Goose barnacles

Goose barnacles

by LuisStevensJalisco, Mexico

Goose barnacles. They are filter-feeding ...

1 0 Melibe Nudibranch

Melibe Nudibranch

by AlbertKangBatangas, Philippines

the sandy bottom to filter

0 0 American Paddlefish

American Paddlefish

by WilliamsFamilyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

basking shark and filter

6 0 Whale shark

Whale shark

by Marek Koszorekจังหวัดระนอง, Thailand

Slow-moving, filter-feeding shark and the ...

13 14 Whale Shark

Whale Shark

by Gerardo AizpuruCancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

swim slow filtering plankton :) Is a ...

0 3 Mole Crab / Sand Crab

Mole Crab / Sand Crab

by BenKulaPRK, Malaysia

animals that burrow in the sand in the wash zone and use their antennae for ...

0 0 Common Oblique Syrphid Fly

Common Oblique Syrphid Fly

by gatorfellowsDenton, Texas, USA

Adults are 6–7 mm long, with yellow stripes on the thorax, and cross banding on ...

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