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=== Feeding strategy === Phocids make use of at least four different feeding strategies: suction feeding, grip and tear feeding, filter feeding, and pierce feeding. Each of these feeding strategies is aided by a specialized skull, mandible, and tooth morphology. However, despite morphological specialization, most phocids are opportunistic and 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kienle|first1=Sarah S.|last2=Berta|first2=Annalisa|date=2016|title=The better to eat you with: the comparative feeding morphology of phocid seals (Pinnipedia, Phocidae)|journal=Journal of Anatomy|volume=228|issue=3|pages=396β413|doi=10.1111/joa.12410|pmc=5341551|pmid=26646351}}</ref>
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