{"id":29487,"date":"2026-01-27T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:38:52","slug":"are-whales-carnivores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/es\/blog\/son-carnivoras-las-ballenas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfSon carn\u00edvoras las ballenas? | Enfoque cient\u00edfico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00ed, las ballenas son carn\u00edvoras. Las ballenas pertenecen al orden de los cet\u00e1ceos, que se divide en dos sub\u00f3rdenes: los cet\u00e1ceos dentados y los cet\u00e1ceos barbados, aunque esta clasificaci\u00f3n taxon\u00f3mica a\u00fan est\u00e1 en revisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este orden comparte un ancestro com\u00fan con los hipop\u00f3tamos, que pertenecen al orden de los artiod\u00e1ctilos (ungulados pares). Este orden est\u00e1 compuesto, en su mayor\u00eda, por herb\u00edvoros terrestres y omn\u00edvoros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sin embargo, a pesar de este parentesco evolutivo, y a diferencia de los ungulados pares, las ballenas (y todos los cet\u00e1ceos) son carn\u00edvoros. Esto significa que los cet\u00e1ceos se alimentan de otros animales para satisfacer sus necesidades nutricionales.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-lajes-do-pico-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whale-gut-microbiome\">Microbioma intestinal de las ballenas<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59.jpg\" alt=\"Falsa orca Azores\" class=\"wp-image-25072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59.jpg 960w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Falsa orca Azores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sin embargo, a pesar de ser carn\u00edvoras, las ballenas (sobre todo las barbadas) albergan un microbioma similar al de herb\u00edvoros y carn\u00edvoros, especialmente a nivel funcional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un componente del microbioma de las ballenas barbadas conserva caracter\u00edsticas de su antepasado herb\u00edvoro, lo que les permite digerir polisac\u00e1ridos. En lugar de polisac\u00e1ridos de origen vegetal, como la celulosa, ahora digieren polisac\u00e1ridos de origen animal, como la quitina, un componente importante del krill, principal fuente de alimento de las ballenas barbadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otro componente del microbioma intestinal de las ballenas barbadas es producto de la historia evolutiva de estos animales, que <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">les permiti\u00f3 adaptarse<\/span> a una dieta totalmente carn\u00edvora. Este aspecto del microbioma de las ballenas muestra importantes similitudes con el de los carn\u00edvoros terrestres. Esto es natural, ya que ambos grupos necesitan un sistema digestivo eficaz para mantener una dieta basada en animales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art\u00edculos relacionados<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-whales-and-dolphins-lay-eggs-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfPonen huevos las ballenas y los delfines?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-mate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comportamientos de apareamiento y v\u00ednculos sociales en los delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-fast-can-whales-swim-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velocidad m\u00e1xima de nataci\u00f3n de las ballenas<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-and-dolphins-communicate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sistemas de comunicaci\u00f3n entre ballenas y delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estado de conservaci\u00f3n mundial de los rorcuales comunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/portuguese-man-o-war-jellyfish-physalia-physalis-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hombre de guerra portugu\u00e9s (Physalia physalis)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustantivos colectivos para los distintos grupos de delfines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-do-dolphins-eat-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 comen los delfines?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\">\u00bfLas ballenas son mam\u00edferos?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-baleen-cetacean-diet\">Dieta de los cet\u00e1ceos barbados<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roxane Rambert | Ballena azul buceando cerca de la costa de la isla de Pico\" class=\"wp-image-5718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roxane Rambert | Ballena azul buceando cerca de la costa de <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/islands\/pico-island-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Isla de Pico\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"819\">Isla de Pico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aunque todos los cet\u00e1ceos son carn\u00edvoros, difieren en sus preferencias alimentarias. Las ballenas barbadas se alimentan principalmente de animales peque\u00f1os, como el krill o peque\u00f1os bancos de peces. En lugar de dientes, estos cet\u00e1ceos poseen barbas en la boca, lo que les permite ingerir grandes cantidades de presas a la vez que filtran el agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Animales como el\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballena azul<\/a>\u00a0pertenecen a este grupo.<\/span> Sin embargo, a pesar de ser el ser m\u00e1s grande que jam\u00e1s haya existido, se alimenta de presas diminutas. A pesar de su tama\u00f1o y sus necesidades energ\u00e9ticas, las ballenas azules (y otros cet\u00e1ceos barbados) pueden sobrevivir durante meses sin alimentarse. Esto se debe a que pueden almacenar enormes cantidades de energ\u00eda a trav\u00e9s de las reservas de grasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art\u00edculos relacionados<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfEst\u00e1 en peligro el rorcual com\u00fan?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whale-diet-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta del cachalote<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whales-scars-scientific-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cicatrices de cachalote<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/whale-watching-in-azores-when-is-the-best-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Temporadas altas para avistamiento de cet\u00e1ceos en Azores<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-a-whale-penis-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 aspecto tiene el pene de una ballena?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-whale-milk-taste-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caracter\u00edsticas y sabor de la leche de ballena<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toothed-cetacean-diet\">Dieta de los cet\u00e1ceos dentados<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Martins | Foto detallada de un Cachalote con la boca abierta en la superficie\" class=\"wp-image-23455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rafael Martins | Foto detallada de un <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cachalote\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"818\">Cachalote<\/a> con la boca abierta en la superficie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Los cet\u00e1ceos dentados son depredadores, poseen dientes y, como tales, cazan presas individuales de diversos tama\u00f1os. Los animales de este grupo cazan varias especies, incluyendo peces, crust\u00e1ceos, moluscos, \u00a1e incluso otros cet\u00e1ceos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los cachalotes, los cet\u00e1ceos dentados m\u00e1s grandes del mundo, suelen alimentarse de grandes calamares de aguas profundas, \u00a1ingiriendo hasta 750 calamares en un d\u00eda!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las especies peque\u00f1as y medianas de delfines, como los delfines comunes o los delfines mulares, se alimentan principalmente de peque\u00f1os bancos de peces. Sin embargo, la especie de delf\u00edn m\u00e1s grande del mundo, la orca, es tambi\u00e9n el depredador supremo del oc\u00e9ano. Se sabe que las orcas cazan incluso a los animales m\u00e1s grandes: \u00a1las ballenas azules!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bfQuiere saber m\u00e1s sobre lo que comen los delfines y sobre sus estrategias de caza? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/wildlife\/what-do-dolphins-eat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consulte este art\u00edculo.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whales-in-the-azores\">Ballenas en las Azores<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mariana Silva | Ballena Jorobada Azores\" class=\"wp-image-24747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mariana Silva | Ballena Jorobada Azores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Con m\u00e1s de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">26 avistamientos de cet\u00e1ceos registrados en el archipi\u00e9lago de las Azores<\/a>, Por eso es natural que estas islas sean conocidas como puntos de observaci\u00f3n de ballenas. Por su origen volc\u00e1nico y su situaci\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica, las Azores son el hogar perfecto para muchas especies y, en la estaci\u00f3n adecuada, el lugar ideal para visitar tambi\u00e9n muchas otras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La abundancia de presas locales favorece la presencia durante todo el a\u00f1o de depredadores gigantes como cachalotes y diversas especies de delfines. Adem\u00e1s, al estar situado en medio del oc\u00e9ano Atl\u00e1ntico y contar con condiciones batim\u00e9tricas favorables, el archipi\u00e9lago tambi\u00e9n suele atraer a otros numerosos visitantes, entre ellos los cet\u00e1ceos barbados m\u00e1s grandes del mundo, como los rorcuales comunes y azules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>\u00bfQuiere saber cu\u00e1les son las mejores horas para avistar cet\u00e1ceos?<\/strong><br><br>Eche un vistazo a nuestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendario de avistamiento de cet\u00e1ceos<\/a> y planifique su pr\u00f3xima aventura. No pierdas la oportunidad de avistar estas majestuosas criaturas en aguas de las Azores. \ud83d\udc0b \ud83c\udf0a<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclusi\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En resumen, la respuesta a la pregunta original es un rotundo S\u00cd. De hecho, Futurismo te invita a que te arriesgues y compruebes por ti mismo c\u00f3mo estos mam\u00edferos marinos se alimentan de otros animales. Porque, en esencia, eso es lo que son todos los cet\u00e1ceos: \u00a1carn\u00edvoros!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-ponta-delgada-sao-miguel-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bibliographical-references\">Referencias bibliogr\u00e1ficas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carwardine, M. (2019). <em>Manual de ballenas, delfines y marsopas<\/em>. Bloomsbury Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geisler, J. H., &amp; Theodor, J. M. (2009). Filogenia de hipop\u00f3tamos y ballenas. <em>Naturaleza<\/em>, <em>458<\/em>(7236), E1-E4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glaeser, S. P., Silva, L. M., Prieto, R., Silva, M. A., Franco, A., K\u00e4mpfer, P., ... &amp; Eisenberg, T. (2022). A preliminary comparison on faecal microbiomes of free-ranging large baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and toothed (Physeter macrocephalus) whales. <em>Ecolog\u00eda microbiana<\/em>, <em>83<\/em>(1), 18-33.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanders, J. G., Beichman, A. C., Roman, J., Scott, J. J., Emerson, D., McCarthy, J. J., &amp; Girguis, P. R. (2015). Baleen whales host a unique gut microbiome that shares features with both carnivores and herbivores. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>(1), 1-8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marx, F. G., Lambert, O., y Uhen, M. D. (2016). <em>Paleobiolog\u00eda de los cet\u00e1ceos<\/em>. John Wiley &amp; Sons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spaulding, M., O'Leary, M. A., &amp; Gatesy, J. (2009). Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution. <em>Plos one<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>(9), e7062.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, whales are carnivores. Whales belong to the order cetacean, which is divided into two suborders: toothed cetaceans and baleen cetaceans, although this taxonomic classification is still under review. This order shares a common ancestor with hippos, which belong to the order artiodactyl (even-toed ungulates). 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