|Question 8Verbal

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Like all species of baleen whales, the Antarctic minke whale feeds on tiny creatures known as krill by filtering water through bristlelike keratin structures called baleen plates. In this way, baleen whales can eat up to 30 percent of their total mass per day. And while no one would call the Antarctic minke whale small—it can have a mass as high as 10,000 kg—it is one of the smaller whales and is much smaller than the bowhead whale, which can weight a whopping 66,000 kg and consume as much as 19,800 kg of krill per day.
Based on the text, what can most reasonably be concluded about krill consumption among Antarctic minke and bowhead whale?
The bowhead whale is able to eat more krill per day than the Antarctic minke whale is.
A
Both the Antarctic minke whale and the bowhead whale can eat as much as 19,800 kg of krill per day.
B
The quantities of krill consumed by bowhead whale has made it difficult for Antarctic minke whales to find sufficient food.
C
Most baleen whales included krill in their diary, but the Antarctic minke whale is less likely than the bowhead whale to do so.
D