{"id":40234,"date":"2026-01-29T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:29","slug":"what-do-whales-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/pt\/blog\/o-que-e-que-as-baleias-comem\/","title":{"rendered":"O que \u00e9 que as baleias comem? Dieta, factos e h\u00e1bitos alimentares surpreendentes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o os maiores animais da Terra. Algumas delas pesam mais do que um Boeing 737. Mas, apesar do seu tamanho, muitas baleias passam a vida a devorar o equivalente a pipocas do oceano: krill, semelhante ao camar\u00e3o, peixes min\u00fasculos e pl\u00e2ncton microsc\u00f3pico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O que nos leva a perguntar... como \u00e9 que se mant\u00e9m gordo a comer sopa? Vamos mergulhar nas grandes bocas (literalmente) das baleias e descobrir o que h\u00e1 no menu.<\/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 fetchpriority=\"high\" 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-two-types-of-whales-amp-their-distinct-diets\">Dois tipos de baleias e as suas dietas distintas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Em primeiro lugar, uma breve li\u00e7\u00e3o de anatomia. As baleias dividem-se em duas categorias: baleias de barbas (Mysticetes) e baleias de dentes (Odontocetes). A diferen\u00e7a? Est\u00e1 na boca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>As baleias de bico n\u00e3o t\u00eam dentes<\/strong>Em vez disso, utilizam uma cortina gigante de placas de queratina (como unhas peludas) para filtrar os alimentos da \u00e1gua. Pensem neles como os aspiradores do mar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Baleias dentadas<\/strong>Por outro lado, os animais de estima\u00e7\u00e3o t\u00eam dentes e comem como um carn\u00edvoro normal: perseguindo e mastigando.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-baleen-whales-slurping-soup-by-the-ton\">Baleias de Baleia: Sopa a toneladas<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roxane Rambert | Baleia azul a deslizar nas \u00e1guas de <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/islands\/pico-island-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ilha do Pico\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"844\">Ilha do Pico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baleias azuis<\/a>Os peixes, os maiores animais que j\u00e1 existiram, alimentam-se quase exclusivamente de krill. \u00c9 isso mesmo. Um animal do tamanho de um campo de t\u00e9nis come camar\u00f5es com apenas alguns cent\u00edmetros de comprimento. Mas eles n\u00e3o se limitam a mordiscar. Fazem um banquete. Estamos a falar de at\u00e9 4 toneladas de krill por dia, ou seja, cerca de 40 milh\u00f5es de pequenos crust\u00e1ceos engolidos num lanche da tarde (Carwardine, 2019, p. 91).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como? Com a alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o por impulso. Imaginem isto: a baleia mergulha por baixo de um enxame de krill, depois sobe com a boca aberta a quase 90 graus, engolindo umas impressionantes 65 toneladas de \u00e1gua do mar, filtrando depois o krill com as suas barbatanas. Faz isto 6 a 15 vezes por mergulho. E sim, queima mais calorias do que a sua aula de HIIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-dolphins-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estado de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-pink-dolphins-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Golfinhos cor-de-rosa<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/dolphins-eat-tuna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O atum na dieta dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-dolphins-smell-scientific-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capacidades olfactivas dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-whales-and-dolphins-lay-eggs-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o das baleias e dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-carnivores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As baleias s\u00e3o carn\u00edvoras?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/does-whale-sperm-make-the-ocean-salty-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O esperma de baleia torna o oceano salgado?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-and-dolphins-communicate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o entre baleias e golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-sleep-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Como \u00e9 que as baleias e os golfinhos dormem?<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toothed-whales-predators-with-a-bite\">Baleias dentadas: Predadores com uma mordidela<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"Dois cachalotes a nadar graciosamente no azul profundo do Oceano Atl\u00e2ntico, perto dos A\u00e7ores, captados debaixo de \u00e1gua pelo fot\u00f3grafo Javi Garcia.\" class=\"wp-image-39161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1024x446.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1536x670.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Javi Garcia | Cachalotes debaixo de \u00e1gua nos A\u00e7ores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cachalotes<\/a> s\u00e3o conhecidos por mergulharem a mais de 2.000 metros de profundidade, tudo por uma oportunidade de apanharem o seu petisco favorito: lulas gigantes. Algumas f\u00eameas comem 750 lulas por dia (ou seja, cerca de 37 por mergulho). Os machos tamb\u00e9m podem adicionar tubar\u00f5es, raias e peixes de profundidade ao seu prato (Carwardine, 2019, pp. 144-145).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o baseia-se sobretudo na suc\u00e7\u00e3o, em poderosos goles na escurid\u00e3o do mar profundo: sem arp\u00f5es, sem lan\u00e7as, apenas a vers\u00e3o evolutiva de um aspirador com sonar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-on-the-menu-whale-diets-by-species\">O que h\u00e1 na ementa? Dietas das baleias por esp\u00e9cie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As baleias podem habitar o mesmo oceano, mas n\u00e3o os seus h\u00e1bitos alimentares. <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baleias azuis<\/a> consomem quase exclusivamente krill, e um grande n\u00famero de litros de \u00e1gua do mar \u00e9 engolido e filtrado pelas barbatanas. <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sei-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baleias-sardinheiras<\/a> alimentam-se de cop\u00e9podes, lulas e pequenos peixes de cardume. As baleias-cinzentas adoram um buffet de alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o no fundo do mar; sugam anf\u00edpodes e crust\u00e1ceos do fundo do mar. Entretanto, <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cachalotes<\/a> mergulhar em grandes profundidades para ca\u00e7ar lulas, mesmo as gigantes, com <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/cuviers-beaked-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baleias de bico<\/a> e outras que complementam a sua alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o com peixes e polvos. Cada esp\u00e9cie desenvolveu um modo de alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o que se adapta perfeitamente ao seu nicho ecol\u00f3gico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-fast-can-whales-swim-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velocidade de nata\u00e7\u00e3o das baleias<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-mate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comportamento de acasalamento dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substantivos colectivos para golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-long-do-dolphins-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 3 Factos e Curiosidades sobre os Golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-do-dolphins-eat-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta e h\u00e1bitos alimentares dos golfinhos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estado de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o das baleias-comuns<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whale-diet-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta do cachalote<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-a-whale-penis-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qual \u00e9 o aspeto do p\u00e9nis de uma baleia?<\/a><mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-yoast\" id=\"annotation-text-c77eaa00-ef0e-4a3b-8022-403ddbc1c841\"><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclus\u00e3o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apesar de serem alguns dos maiores animais da Terra, algumas baleias filtram grandes quantidades de \u00e1gua para apanhar o seu alimento, enquanto outras mergulham fundo para ca\u00e7ar. Cada esp\u00e9cie alimenta-se de uma forma especial, adaptada ao local onde vive. Da pr\u00f3xima vez que vir uma baleia, lembre-se: pode parecer calma, mas \u00e9 uma poderosa comedora com um grande trabalho a fazer no oceano.<\/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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Gostaria de saber quais s\u00e3o as melhores alturas para observar baleias?<\/strong><br><br>Veja o nosso <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calend\u00e1rio de observa\u00e7\u00e3o de baleias<\/a> e planeie a sua pr\u00f3xima aventura! N\u00e3o perca a oportunidade de avistar estas majestosas criaturas nas \u00e1guas a\u00e7orianas. \ud83d\udc0b \ud83c\udf0a<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-references\">Refer\u00eancias<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carwardine, M. (2019). <em>Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Manual de baleias, golfinhos e botos)<\/em>. Bloomsbury Wildlife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foote, A. D., Vijay, N., \u00c1vila-Arcos, M. C., Baird, R. W., Durban, J. W., Fumagalli, M., ... &amp; Morin, P. A. (2016). A coevolu\u00e7\u00e3o genoma-cultura promove a r\u00e1pida diverg\u00eancia de ec\u00f3tipos de baleias assassinas. <em>Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es da Natureza<\/em>, 7, 11693. Obtido de <a>Portal de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re the largest animals on Earth. Some of them weigh more than a Boeing 737. But despite their size, many whales spend their lives guzzling the ocean\u2019s equivalent of popcorn: shrimp-like krill, tiny fish, and microscopic plankton. Which begs the question\u2026 how do you stay fat eating soup? Let\u2019s dive into the big mouths (literally) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Do Whales Eat? | Scientific Approach [2026] \ud83d\udd2c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover what whales really eat from krill to giant squid. 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