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Thomas de Groot wrote:

> The other way round (Predators with non-stereoscopic view):  blue whale and 
> sperm whale  ;-)

As the sperm whale feeds on giant squids, which are a powerful, 
comparatively intelligent and thus risky prey, which literally has to be 
hunted and caught, it is in fact a true predator - but the blue whale 
simply sieves krill out of the water, an activity for which the word 
"hunting" seems quite inappropriate... when I read of predators, I 
usually think of animals hunting their food, so the blue whale is a 
predator only in a formal sense (as its food is in fact animal, not 
vegetarian).

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Yadgar

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