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 www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- 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: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaap9873 www.cascadiaresearch.org/files/Calambokidis-Crittercam-2008l.pdf us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/what-is-baleen/ oceanconservancy.org/blog/2012/05/31/filter-feeding-explained-whale-sharks-vs-baleen-whales/#:~:text=Generally%2C%20baleen%20whales%20strain%20large,using%20their%20tongue%20and%20swallowed. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/blue-whale onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmor.10474 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-blue-whales-so-gigantic/ www.americanscientist.org/article/the-ultimate-mouthful-lunge-feeding-in-rorqual-whales academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/63/2/90/534742 pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3045/85f2e213cfbb114451dbe77be8104c47eb46.pdf www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/gray-whale journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021295 insider.si.edu/2011/07/a-varied-diet-has-helped-gray-whales-survive-for-millions-of-years-study-reveals/ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/BBLv228n1p65?mobileUi=0& www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/pdfs/Sharkfeedingpaper.pdf gcrl.usm.edu/whaleshark/feeding_ecology.php#:~:text=Whale%20sharks%20use%20three%20feeding,prey%20into%20their%20mouths%3B%20and www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/whale-shark/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20817493/ museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/A%20SPECIMEN%20OF%20MEGAMOUTH%20SHARK,%20MEGACHASMA%20PELAGIOS%20(MEGACHASMIDAE)%20FROM%20WESTERN%20AUSTRALIA.pdf www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/megachasma-pelagios/ www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/species/the-megamouth-shark www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842762/ link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1007369619576 dial.uclouvain.be/pr/boreal/object/boreal:169199 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201603514 ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/massive-filter-feeding-shark-you-ought-know ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/what-biggest-shark-chart-shows-diversity-shark-sizes www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/d_filter_feeding.htm sharkresearch.rsmas.miami.edu/the-transfer-of-energy-within-a-food-chain-why-do-large-whales-feed-on-small-plankton/ link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-013-0165-1 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/group/manta-ray/#:~:text=Both%20species%20of%20manta%20ray,their%20mouths%20called%20gill%20plates.&text=Giant%20manta%20rays%20live%20alone,groups%2C%20typically%20congregating%20to%20feed www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00181/full advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/9/eaat9533?rss=1 Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baleen_P1180086.jpg bit.ly/3pzg0da figshare.com/articles/UAS_blue_whale_videos/11595246/1 bit.ly/2IukC3V bit.ly/3pEnEDt commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megamouth_shark_japan.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denticules_cutan%C3%A9s_du_requin_citron_Negaprion_brevirostris_vus_au_microscope_%C3%A9lectronique_%C3%A0_balayage.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gills2.jpg

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