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Killer whale
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Mouth opens Southern right whale
wide to filter vast
amounts of krill
from the sea 3
Leopard seal
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Crabeater seal
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Flippers allow penguin
to swim rapidly and
gracefully in pursuit of
marine prey
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Penguin
Fish
3
FOOD WEBS
Krill
The icy, nutrient-rich oceans around Antarctica
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abound with life. Plantlike microorganisms
use the Sun’s energy to produce food that is
consumed by shrimplike krill, which are, in
Phytoplankton
turn, eaten by huge whales. This is one of many
food chains that together form a food web
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connecting all the species in the ecosystem.
Any ecosystem, whether a coral reef, woodland,
or desert, has its own food web.
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