What do skates eat?

Living on the bottom the skate naturally feeds on the other animals it finds there crabs, lobsters and oysters and other molluscs. It has strong curshing teeth to deal with these shelled creatures. To get at choice mollucs buried in the sand the skate will flap away with its pectoral fins and gradually work its way under the surface. It will then often sit there with eyes and spiracles above the surface.