FoodChainsInTheOcean

Plankton is a widely consumed animal in the ocean. With plankton being so small most people think that they don't eat much of anything, not true. Plankton are known as phytoplankton, in other words a plant. Most don't get their food like other plants do, through photosynthesis. Plankton eat other plankton. A huge amount of animals eat plankton like, sea stars, jelly fish, shrimp, snails, whales, small fish, and zooplankton. This can be the only thing that some of these animals eat.