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Ancient Killer Sperm Whale

July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Remains of a previously unknown type of Sperm Whale is found in Peru. The current day Sperm Whales hunt squid and eat them but sucking them up, They have teeth, but very small ones. These ancient whales had teeth almost 34 cm tall and very strong jaw muscles. According to the scientists this indicates that this whale probably hunted other whales.


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