Given the empty nature of much of the oceanic water column, it's perhaps not surprising that certain animals have evolved to eat ever-smaller things, since smaller things tend to be more abundant.
Sometimes nature goes to creative lengths, though, when making exceptions in how these animals survive. Take the jumping spider Evarcha culicivora, which does not directly feed on blood.
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There are also creatures like the flounder, whose eyes migrate across its head as it matures, and dragonflies with compound eyes that make them expert hunters. These weird and wonderful eyes ...