basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton. Swimming with their three-foot-wide mouths agape allows them to take in water and filter out plankton using gill rakers, special organs that ...

“Despite their massive size, they are gentle filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton.” In the videos recorded onboard, this basking shark seemed to be doing just that – feeding with its ...

including the exclusive peek above at the basking shark. This big-mouthed, plankton-eating shark is the second-largest living shark species in the world, growing to be up to 45 feet long.

They may not look as impressive as whales or sharks, but they are responsible for much of the food that we eat ... basking sharks make their way to the Welsh coast to feast on these plankton ...

Blue whales eat by filtering seawater through their comb-like baleen, pushing out water while keeping the plankton in their mouth. Unlike most sharks, basking sharks and whale sharks don't have ...

Diet Basking sharks eat some of the smallest creatures in the ocean. They survive on a diet of plankton, microscopic plants and animals. They swim into the current with their huge mouths wide open ...

While they don’t eat humans ... who prefer plankton and will choose it over meat. Sharks that fit into this category include ...