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minus-squareTheStaffmasterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoa 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
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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!