Talk:Filter feeder
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Considering that certain "nutrients" are beingfiltered out of the environment (i.e. water), is this kind of feeding detrimental to the ecosystem?Folajimi13:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Are filter feeders and suspension feeders the same? I always use the definition of suspension feeders passively removing food from the water column, while filter feeders create a current which then brings water and particles to the feeding apparatus (ala some amphipods).Celticbattlepants14:37, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly not all barnacles are filter feeders, as the article currently proclaims. The genusSacculina are parasitic on crabs. What gives?— Precedingunsigned comment added by169.237.66.50 (talk)07:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
During a Richard Dawkins lecture entitled "Paranormal or Perinormal", he characterized the city of Las Vegas as a Filter-feeder. That is, it has a flow of people, rather than water, presumably leaving a portion of their money behind as they are filtered through the city. It is an interesting analogy, and may be worth mentioning in the article (I know that pop culture references work their way into the articles from time to time).--76.104.90.6 (talk)09:09, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This article is basically a list of unrelated examples of filter feeding. What is required is a structured article that discusses the various structural and functional adaptations that enable filter feeding to work, and probably some discussion of the phylogeny involved (how many times did it evolve, etc).Chiswick Chap (talk)15:47, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I think an argument could be made that nightjars (family Caprimulgidae) represent a very crude form of aerial filter feeding, the only instance of a terrestrial animal employing this technique. Nightjars feed by flying directly into swarms of small insects, and using their wide mouths-- which are surrounded by a funnel of bristles-- to scoop up their swarming prey. By doing this they can eat many small insects in a single pass.
This is not dissimilar to the technique used by passive scoop-feeders such as manta rays and basking sharks.— Precedingunsigned comment added by68.71.166.188 (talk •contribs)
