Giant whale-eating whale discovered
Posted: July 1st, 2010 | Author: sparky | Filed under: Whale | Tags: fossil, orca, sperm whale | No Comments »
“The massive skull and jaw of a 13-million-year-old sperm whale has been discovered eroding from the windblown sands of a coastal desert of Peru…The giant 3-meter (10-foot) skull … was found with teeth in its top and bottom jaws up to 36 centimeters (14 inches) long.
Living sperm whales have teeth only in their lower jaws and are specialized to feed on giant squid, Lambert explained. They suck down squid like large spaghetti noodles rather than catch the prey with their teeth. The much toothier fossil sperm whales, however, may have eaten more like a outsized-orca, or killer whale: chomping great big bites out of its prey.”
How awesome is this? In our dreams, this whale-eating-whale still exists and is out there, eating whales as I type!!
