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The Ocean Titans That Took Down Megalodon: 6 Rivals of the Prehistoric King
The Megalodon may have been the top predator in its time, but it had fierce competition in the form of Livyatan melvillei, a massive prehistoric sperm whale. This whale was no gentle giant – it ...
Millions of years ago, the megalodon ruled the oceans – why did it disappear?
Then there were killer sperm whales, a now-extinct type of sperm whale. They grew as large as megalodon and had even bigger ...
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Megalodon May Be Extinct, but There’s a Life-size One at the Smithsonian
Megalodon’s favorite prey – small whales – vanished and it had to compete with other hunters such as the predatory sperm whale Livyatan and modern great white sharks. By 3.6 million years ...
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Megalodon: All you need to know
it's closer in length to a modern sperm whale. Its stomach may have held 10,000 litres, that's enough for it to have eaten 20 whole cows...if cows swam in the sea. How big are the megalodon's ...