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Feeding Strategy

Phocids have been identified to have at least four different types of feeding strategies: suction feeding, grip and tear feeding, filter feeding, and pierce feeding. Each of these feeding strategies is accompanied by specialized skull, mandible, and tooth morphology. However, despite morphological specialization, most phocids employ multiple strategies to capture and eat prey. For example the Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, uses grip and tear feeding to prey on penguins, suction feeding to consume small fish, and filter feeding to catch krill.