All cetaceans are carnivorous and predatory. Toothed whales mostly feed on fish and cephalopods, followed by crustaceans and bivalves. Some may forage with other kinds of animals, such as other species of whales or certain species of pinnipeds. One common feeding method is herding, where a pod squeezes a school of fish into a small volume, known as a bait ball. Individual members then take turns plowing through the ball, feeding on the stunned fish. Coralling is a method where dolphins chase fish into shallow water to catch them more easily. Killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have also been known to drive their prey onto a beach to feed on it. Killer whales have been known to paralyze great white sharks and other sharks and rays by flipping them upside down.Gregory K. Silber, Dagmar Fertl (1995) – Intentional beaching by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico. Other whales with a blunt snout and reduced dentition rely on suction feeding. Though carnivorous, they house gut flora similar to that of terrestrial herbivores, probably a remnant of their herbivorous ancestry.
all cetaceans are carnivorous and predatory toothed whales mostly feed on fish and cephalopods followed by crustaceans and bivalves some may forage with other kinds of animals such as other species of whales or certain species of pinnipeds one common feeding method is herding where a pod squeezes a school of fish into a small volume known as a bait ball individual members then take turns plowing through the ball feeding on the stunned fish coralling is a method where dolphins chase fish into shallow water to catch them more easily killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have also been known to drive their prey onto a beach to feed on it killer whales have been known to paralyze great white sharks and other sharks and rays by flipping them upside downgregory k silber dagmar fertl (1995) – intentional beaching by bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in the colorado river delta mexico other whales with a blunt snout and reduced dentition rely on suction feeding though carnivorous they house gut flora similar to that of terrestrial herbivores probably a remnant of their herbivorous ancestry