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  2. Human interactions with molluscs - Wikipedia

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    Useful interactions with molluscs range from their use as food, where species as diverse as snails and squid are eaten in many countries, to the employment of molluscs as shell money and to make dyestuffs and musical instruments, for personal adornment with seashells, pearls, or mother-of-pearl, as items to be collected, as fictionalised sea ...

  3. Antarctic petrel - Wikipedia

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    The Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, found in Antarctica, most commonly in the Ross and Weddell Seas.They eat Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid.

  4. Why scientists are counting tiny marine creatures from Space

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    Trouble in Arctic town as people and polar bears face a warming world. Krill are food for some of the largest animals on the planet - including giant whales that migrate thousands of kilometres ...

  5. Marine food web - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] For example, a large marine vertebrate may eat smaller predatory fish but may also eat filter feeders; the stingray eats crustaceans, but the hammerhead eats both crustaceans and stingrays. Animals can also eat each other; the cod eats smaller cod as well as crayfish, and crayfish eat cod larvae. The feeding habits of a juvenile animal ...

  6. Krill - Wikipedia

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    Krill is a rich source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids which are under development in the early 21st century as human food, dietary supplements as oil capsules, livestock food, and pet food. [ 77 ] [ 79 ] [ 84 ] Krill tastes salty with a somewhat stronger fish flavor than shrimp.

  7. Krill fishery - Wikipedia

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    The krill is sold freeze-dried, either whole or pulverized. Krill as a food source is known to have positive effects on some fish, such as stimulating appetite or resulting in an increased disease resistance. [citation needed] Furthermore, krill contains carotenoids and is thus used sometimes as a pigmentizing agent to color the skin and meat ...

  8. Antarctic flying squid - Wikipedia

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    The Antarctic flying squid is a large species of oceanic pelagic squid which grows to a mantle length of greater than 52 cm in females and 40 cm in males. [3] It has a long, narrow and muscular mantle, which has a width which is roughly a quarter of its length, tapering posteriorly to a pointed tail.

  9. Caribbean reef squid - Wikipedia

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    Adults venture out into open water and can be found in depths up to 150 m. When mating, adults are found near coral reefs in depths of 1.5 to 8 metres (5 to 26 ft). The Caribbean reef squid is the only squid species commonly sighted by divers over inshore reefs in the Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean regions.