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Terrifying proto-whale hunted on land and in the sea

Big Think·Robby Berman·about 1 month ago
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Whales are carnivorous , although gigantic baleen whales feed on such tiny prey that it is hard to believe that they ever get enough food. Toothed whales dine on fish, squid, and octopi. (Fun fact: Orcas, also known as killer whales, are not really whales — they are gigantic, killer dolphins.) Before moving into the sea, it is believed that whales were once terrestrial herbivores and somewhat deer-like. About 43 million years ago, say the authors of a new study , at least one protocetid — a semi-aquatic whale — was something else entirely. According to a fossil recently found in the Sahara desert, it was a four-legged, walking, swimming, Jurassic World -like nightmare.…

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