Leviathan Mellville discovered

In today’s oceans, killer whales hunt other species of whales, working in packs to take down their much bigger prey. But living whales have it easy. Those that swam off the coast of Peru around 12 million years ago were hunted by a far bigger predator, a recently discovered animal with a very appropriate name: Leviathan.

Leviathan melvillei, named after the Biblical sea monster and the author of Moby Dick, was a giant sperm whale that has just been discovered by Belgian scientist Olivier Lambert. At between 13.5 and 18.5 metres in length, it was no bigger than the modern sperm whale, but it was clearly far more formidable.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/n...han-the-sperm-whale-that-killed-other-whales/

It's a fucking sea monster!

 

Rawr why eat dolphins blubber is better

 

that leviathin is one bad ass whale

 

I was wondering why this thread wasn't getting bumped I figured people would have found it very intresting, what else has lived down there me wonders?

"In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” :hide:

 

Impressive but Liopleurodon could eat him for lunch



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Love reading about prehistoric animals. thanks for sharing!!

I am watching the video off of that page right now.

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