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A
hungry lizard sticks out his tongue in anticipation of a tasty meal!
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What
do we feed the animals, and where do we get their food?
The animals
stay healthy because we feed them a wide variety of nourishing food. Most
of their food is purchased from local fishers and food suppliers. Some
is even bought at regular grocery stores! A few examples of what we feed
our animals are listed below.
- Barnacles:
fish, seaweed, brine shrimp
- Octopuses:
crabs, herring
- Fishes:
brine shrimp, plankton, fresh lettuce, chopped smelt, cod fillets, herring
- Sharks:
mackerel, smelt, herring and squid
- Beluga
whales: herring, capelin, squid
- Lizards:
fruit, vegetables, meal worms, crickets
- Seals:
herring
- Sea otters:
fish fillets, squid, crabs, clams
- Steller
sea lions: herring, squid, capelin
- Sea stars:
clams, herring
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