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Three tooth marks apparently from a 4-to-7-meter (13 to 23 ft) long Pliocene shark were found on a rib from an ancestral blue or humpback whale that showed evidence of subsequent healing, which is suspected to have been inflicted by a juvenile megalodon. [82] [83]
The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. ... Watch a blue whale blow water in the video below: The blue whale possesses a small dorsal fin ...
Pygmy blue whale males average 83.5 tonnes (184,000 lb) to 99 tonnes (218,000 lb). [53] The weight of the heart of a stranded North Atlantic blue whale was 180 kg (400 lb), the largest known in any animal. [54] The record-holder blue whale was recorded at 173 tonnes (190 short tons), [55] with estimates of up to 199 tonnes (220 short tons). [56]
From a loose emu to surfing dog: Watch the biggest animal moments caught on video in 2024. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY. December 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM.
In the seas millions of years ago, whales were regularly hunted.Megalodons, bus-sized sharks, are believed to have been dominant ocean predators some 20 to 3.6 million years ago. The now extinct ...
The blue whale is the largest mammal of all time, with the longest known specimen being 33 m (108.3 ft) long and the heaviest weighted specimen being 190 tonnes. [ 15 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The extinct whale species Perucetus colossus was shorter than the blue whale, at 17.0–20.1 meters (55.8–65.9 ft) but it is estimated to have rivaled or ...
It may have resembled the modern killer whale in appearance, and could represent a transitional species between the modern killer whale and other dolphins. O. citoniensis could have hunted fish and squid in pods, and coexisted with other large predators of the time such as the orcinine Hemisyntrachelus and the extinct shark Otodus megalodon.
A jet engine registers at 140 decibels; the call of a blue whale reaches 180. Their language of pulses, groans, and moans can be heard by others up to 1,000 miles away." That's crazy!