45K views · 2.3K reactions | Mom and baby humpback feeding on krill. | Slater Moore Photography | Facebook

It's no surprise blue whales need to eat a lot of krill, but just how much can they feast on? Find out more what their eating habits can tell us about this endangered animal and the health of our oceans. | Australian Academy of Science

Here is a group of fin whales feeding on krill in Antarctica. It’s breathtaking to see so many whales. This should be how life is in Antarctica. Instead, this incredible scene is ruined, by a massive industrial trawler, plundering krill. It’s the very same krill these whales rely on. It’s time to end krill fishing. Krill is used for products we do not need. It is turned into pet food. It is used to help turn farmed fish flesh, such as salmon, pink. Finally, it’s used as krill oil for supposed hu

Phytoplankton gets eaten by krill and other tiny critters. These, in turn, get eaten by slightly bigger animals, like this squid (which we suspect may be a Psychroteuthis glacialis). Squid get gobbled up by many of the larger animals that live in and around Antarctic waters, from storm petrels to emperor penguins. It’s all part of an important food web that ties everything together in our global Ocean. This footage was collected at 1,126 meters depth during the #AntarcticClimateConnections exped

Antarctica is one of the last truly wild places on Earth. But a booming krill industry is threatening the foundation of the Southern Ocean’s food web, disrupting ecosystems across the globe. Krill may be tiny, but they play a colossal role in sustaining Antarctic life, from penguins to whales. Now, industrial fishing is decimating this keystone species to feed farmed salmon and meet the global demand for pet food and krill oil. Meanwhile CCAMLR, the framework in place to protect the Antarctic’s