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minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·il y a 24 joursI’d argue sperm whales regularly wrestling colossal squids is also extremely badass.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·il y a 24 joursI’m not even sure the animal depicted is a sperm whale. Looks like that little fellow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·il y a 23 jours Livyatan is an extinct genus of highly predatory macroraptorial sperm whale, containing one known species: L. melvillei. Uhm ackshually
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·il y a 23 joursStop finding flaws in my flawless comments! 😭 So mean! 😭😭😭
minus-squareTheStaffmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·il y a 23 joursa more fun fact is that Livyatan was almost certainly alive at the same time as Megalodon. Given that modern Orcas regularly prey on Great white sharks, a similar dynamic was probably at play in the late Miocene
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 23 joursSee, this is what I consider fun!
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 24 jourswas talking about a different whale species thats badass as fuck
I’d argue sperm whales regularly wrestling colossal squids is also extremely badass.
I’m not even sure the animal depicted is a sperm whale.
Looks like that little fellow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan
Uhm ackshually
Stop finding flaws in my flawless comments! 😭
So mean! 😭😭😭
a more fun fact is that Livyatan was almost certainly alive at the same time as Megalodon. Given that modern Orcas regularly prey on Great white sharks, a similar dynamic was probably at play in the late Miocene
See, this is what I consider fun!
was talking about a different whale species thats badass as fuck