: planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea and especially genus Euphausia) that constitute the principal food of baleen whales
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The krill and copepods that ingest the toxins are then eaten by the bowhead whales, which are filter feeders.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 July 2025
To test how krill respond to chemical evidence of nearby penguins, Hellessey and colleagues placed krill into an aquarium at Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
The solitary creatures consume upwards of 1,000 pounds of food per day, with their diet largely consisting of shrimp, krill, crabs and schooling fish, according to NOAA.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
Adélie penguins eat lots of fish and krill, so their guano contains nitrogen that breaks down into ammonia gas.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 July 2025
To test how krill respond to chemical evidence of nearby penguins, Hellessey and colleagues placed krill into an aquarium at Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
The solitary creatures consume upwards of 1,000 pounds of food per day, with their diet largely consisting of shrimp, krill, crabs and schooling fish, according to NOAA.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
Adélie penguins eat lots of fish and krill, so their guano contains nitrogen that breaks down into ammonia gas.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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“Krill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/krill. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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krill
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: small crustaceans and their larvae that make up plankton and form a major food of baleen whales
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