Unless I am missing something about Livyatan I favor the shark based on what I've seen on Prehistoric Predators. The Megalodon would have had twice as many teeth, but the Livyatan ’s teeth would be twice as big! The fossils consisted primarily of the head and jaws. giant huge leviathan massive mega megalodon melville shark tooth livyatan megatooth melvillei megatoothshark livyatanmelvillei. We know very much that towards the final million years Megalodons lived in the oceans, it was quite normal for Megalodon to reach this size.
That means Livyatan was around for millions of years and all around the world. I guess we shouldn't be that surprised, given they do specialize in preying largely on intelligent, swift mammals.The issue is that sharks themselves are a lot smarter than you're assuming them to be; the intelligence gap may well exist, but it's definitely going to be significantly narrower than what you're assuming.Experience-based hunting strategies/tactics aren't unique to cetaceans, they've been documented in sharks (especially great whites) and are common among large predators in general.Social hunting (and in one species social learning by watching other sharks) has also been known in some species.So while a Livyatan is going to learn from its first run-in with a megalodon and adapt accordingly, the shark would also do the same.Since your using inaccurate information, I gotta mute you for now.To be honest it's too early to say how big Livyatan could grow to as it appears to comprise so few specimens. I have no more access to carnivora but thanks to the archives datas boards, I've managed to have a look at the old thread and I quote here the last post by Theropod, which I may have missed at the time :I think both don't properly reflect the overall size and power both packed in their jaws.Is this just me, or is the head length in Sam's drawing more similar to a Sperm Whale's head length? It likely grew precisely to this length, unless it had a more elongated body (unlikely). I can believe the teaching aspect considering a recent study whale calls seem to intersect unique code sections that generally refer to one individual, suggesting they might even identify each other by "speech".I don’t know, whales are usually larger than sharks when they are similar in length. Female Megalodon vs. female Livyatan. In contrast, the Livyatan (also a bottom-up reconstruction) is based on Brygmophyseter's post-cranial remains, thus is very slim (also highly likely given they would operate in a very similar predatory manner).So, comparing the two, it's VERY tricky and far from easy to say. ).If these two animals ever met and saw each other as food, my bets are on the whale, honestly. ". The Megalodon was by far the most fearsome, deadliest and most devastating beast that ever graced the face of this planet, period.The size estimates for megalodon keep changing...What do you think about the whales gape Lightning?Yeah I doubt livyatan could deliver fatal damage the shark with a gape like that.I still disagree about that shark being too stocky, it looks perfectly fine to me.^ Great White sharks like to prey on seals and small dolphins.i have to admit megalodon would cut through the whale like us eating cheese!.This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our.Dunno, all I know is that it may have been a inflicted by a megalodon.hard time believing the shark in the last pic could be that stocky and long considering what it fed upon and that its not too closely related to GWS. The Megaladon might be a bit bigger, but cetaceans/whales are very intelligent creatures, sharks mostly operate off instinct. That said, excluding Megalodon itself, Livyatan would probably have one of the most powerful bites in the animal kingdom, judging from the massive, robust jaws.For both animals, anything unfortunate enough to be caught between the teeth of either animal (both boasting some of the largest in the animal kingdom!) I hadn't noticed proboards Expressing financial difficulty but I think your thoughts on archiving are sound. Poor Megalodon couldn’t catch a break! New shark! North and South America combined, redirecting the ocean currents. Strap yourselves in, this is going to be the single most ridiculous chart I've ever done outside of an April Fools joke... and it's all dead serious and based on robust anatomical references.To establish, NEITHER animal was scaled to some presumed arbitrary size. Growing larger when there’s enough food, of course until it reaches adulthood.
If you're wondering, the major difference between my reconstruction and Gottfried is that the latter under-scaled the rear of the animal; I have good reason to assume this is false- please check out my latest images for more information.
The skull was about 3 meters (10 feet) long. It's quite obvious both animals likely preyed on medium-large cetaceans.As for the final point, there is a LOT to unpack about the sizes either of these animals are depicted at.-The Livyatan is known from only a couple of specimens- this one clearly the largest. The result is a much, much thicker Megalodon. Its a complete mismatch. Very thoughtful posts on this conflict, which very likely actually occurred from time to time back in the Miocene!
Maybe it's an age thing. So a Sperm Whale will likely be lighter than an equal length shark. Megalodon being very stocky sharks I think that livyatan would struggle to deliver nasty bites to the sharks thick body, it would probably have to resort to going for the fins and tail and hinder its mobility.