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The 10 pages that link to Benthic feeding, each with the reason it gives.

• Tactile foragingRelated: Bottom-feeding animals often probe sediment for prey hidden from view.

• Common carpRelated: Carp sift bottom sediments for invertebrates, plant matter, and other food.

• WalrusRelated: Walruses search the seafloor for clams and other invertebrates.

• Gray whaleRelated: Gray whales commonly take prey from sediment by filtering it through baleen.

• Ram feedingCompared with: It targets food at the substrate rather than intercepting prey while moving through open water.

• Eagle rayRelated: Eagle rays search the seabed for shellfish and other prey despite spending much time swimming above it.

• Loggerhead sea turtleRelated: Adult loggerheads use powerful jaws to crush bottom-dwelling prey.

• Bathypterois grallatorRelated: The fish feeds on small animals carried or found near the seafloor.

• TriglidaeRelated: Gurnards use their sensory rays to find small prey among sediment and benthic animals.

• Whiptail stingrayRelated: Many whiptail stingrays find worms, mollusks, and crustaceans in seafloor sediment.