Sperm Whale Nose Becomes Megalodon Shark’s Favorite Snack While Still Alive

KOMPAS.com- Hiu megalodon was one of the largest predators that ever lived. When megalodon is still alive, then his favorite snack is fish sperm whaleespecially on the nose.

Ancient predator scientific name megalodon shark is Otodus megalodon. Previously this shark was known by the name Carcharolon megalodon.

Hiu Megalodon known to have lived 20 years ago and became the fish that dominated marine life at that time. Unfortunately this fish became extinct about 1.6 million years ago.

Reported from Live ScienceTuesday (5/7/2022), the nose of the sperm whale becomes a snack or Megalodon shark’s favorite snackeven favored by other predators.

This is known from a new analysis of whale skull fossils studied by experts.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is also known as the Box Head Whale. The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale with the widest range of habitats of all marine mammal species.

Regarding the sperm whale, which is the megalodon shark’s favorite snack, it is also shown from several fossil discoveries that have been successfully analyzed by experts. As did scientists in Peru.

Also read: Megalodon Sharks at the Top of the Food Chain Also Prey on Other Predators

The scientists saw and observed a series of skulls belonging to extinct whales that lived during the latter part of the Miocene epoch (23 million to 5.3 million years ago).

The fossil sperm whale skull analyzed by scientists is in the collection of the Natural History Museum in Lima.

The skulls have been collected from the Pisco Formation in Southern Peru and dated to about 7 years ago, during the Miocene.

In the fossilized whale skull, they found numerous bite marks left by several species of shark, including the giant megalodon shark.

In addition to the bite of the giant megalodon shark, it is believed that there are also bite marks of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and mako sharks (Isurus).

Of the 7 skull fossils analyzed, the team found bite mark patterns in six skulls.

Some have only slight bite marks, while others show up to 18 holes clustered around the whale’s face.

Also read: Are Megalodon Sharks Really Extinct?

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