An Animal To Rival Megalodon? - The Giant Killer Sperm Whale Livyatan

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10 ай бұрын

Among prehistoric sharks none are more famous than the giant Megalodon, a fearsome predator that stalked the ancient oceans for almost 20 million years. Surely, nothing in our planet’s oceans could ever have competed with such an extraordinary creature? That's where the giant killer sperm whale Livyatan melvillei comes in.
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@lee-royjenkins6319 10 ай бұрын

"there's always a bigger fish" - Jedi Master Liam Neeson

@atomic_wait 10 ай бұрын

'Beeeg gooberfish' - Dark Lord of the Sith Jar Jar Binks

@treystephens6166 10 ай бұрын

STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE 1999

@aceundead4750 10 ай бұрын

He also famously said, "the ability to speak does not make one intelligent," to Jar Jar lol.

@ButterBallTheOpossum 10 ай бұрын

Theres always a bigger fish Unless you are the biggest fish

@FlyingDwarfman 10 ай бұрын

@@ButterBallTheOpossum In which case, there's still a bigger whale

@bendykirby4828 10 ай бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time a zoology/paleontology KZfaq channel I follow made a video about the Megalodon/Livyatan rivalry during Shark Week, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

@sleepless2621 10 ай бұрын

this is the third that ive seen !

@jahimuddin2306 10 ай бұрын

First Lindsay Nikole, no Ben. I can watch these videos all day, though.

@Godzilla00X 10 ай бұрын

Wait until you see all the amvs about them fighting

@ZoeKitten84 10 ай бұрын

This is like the 3 or 4 video I’ve seen on the subject

@birbdad1842 10 ай бұрын

This is the most comprehensive though

@davep5788 10 ай бұрын

"The big fishy of death." I hope that gets used in scientific papers.

@BenGThomas 10 ай бұрын

A highly technical term 🦈

@jamesleatherwood5125 7 күн бұрын

Oh my god, i straight died! 😂😂😂

@Thao-nathos 10 ай бұрын

i love how you refer to one as "the megalodon" and the other simply as "Livyatan", it occasionally gave me the image of one being a species and the other being a singular whale that somehow terrorized all of megalodons at all times no matter what

@user-fy9tx9sd9n 9 ай бұрын

What if liyavitin was a apex

@stevenunyabidness 8 ай бұрын

that Livyatan guy's a real jerk.

@ImmaTbagyou 8 ай бұрын

@@stevenunyabidnessthe more I hear about him the less I care for him

@kellykane7586 6 ай бұрын

@@ImmaTbagyou😂😂😂

@post-surreal 4 ай бұрын

@@ImmaTbagyoudidn’t even know he was sick

@emperorofholyrome5403 10 ай бұрын

I want to see a prehistoric planet like documentary set in the mid miocene pacific. It's would be really cool to see these two awesome animals on screen in one of those.

@BenGThomas 10 ай бұрын

Yes I would love that!!

@Goudhaantje1993 10 ай бұрын

For how awesome the mid-miocene was in terms of marine food webs and how famous megalodon is, there is a shocking lack of quality documentaries on it.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

Seriously, this is the ecosystem that should have been #1 on the list of deadliest seas, not the Western Interior Seaway. It has a similar if not even wider array of raptorial predators and two of those predators would outright prey on any mosasaur.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

@@Goudhaantje1993 Mostly because of all the pliosaur and mosasaur hype. The giant raptorial ichthyosaurs of the Triassic and Early Jurassic get even more badly shafted.

@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 10 ай бұрын

@@Goudhaantje1993 Because people don't see megalodon as an animal. They see it as a mystical creature like bigfoot. I have met people who think its a myth that never existed

@shervonmoonsammy4479 10 ай бұрын

The clicks while livyathan made while echolocating would’ve been terrifying

@zenith8417 10 ай бұрын

Instant death to a human in the water I’d imagine

@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo Ай бұрын

And after it's kill a man, it will grab the man an chew it like a bubble gum.

@Eugene_TEC 10 ай бұрын

Granted I don't think the Orca vs Great White comparisons here are entirely fair since Orcas are like 4 times the size of a White while Megs and Livyatans are much more comparable sizewise. It's unlikely adult Megalodons or Livyatans would target each other given the sheer risk of major injury.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

THIS. This is something that Livyatan fanboys consistently ignore.

@SousukeAizen421 10 ай бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 yeah megalodon is also not THE KING of the ocean like the megalodon fanboys tryna picture him to be, i dont think megalodon is even at the top 3 apex predator at Livyathan era since they are 2 more raptorial sperm whale close to livyatan size

@Rahab369 10 ай бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 That behaviour comes from Megalodon "fanboys" a lot more than anyone who appreciates Livyatan.

@Rahab369 10 ай бұрын

Unless Livyatan hunted in groups. Which seems like it probably wasn't the case, but towards the end when food was getting scarce, I wouldn't be surprised if Livyatans started working together to bring down larger prey.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

@@SousukeAizen421 Livyatan was the only raptorial sperm whale around that size, and again: the two were equals.

@primrosevale1995 10 ай бұрын

Finally, a weapon to surpass Megalo Gear.

@Pastamist 7 ай бұрын

“Like I said, fish are cruel, Jack, and I’m very in-touch with my ichthyo-child!”

@moltenmermaid1517 10 ай бұрын

Livyatan has literally given me nightmares.

@CP0rings33 10 ай бұрын

I could probably take it on tbh

@zura17 9 ай бұрын

dont googlee sperm whale then

@sharksarecooI 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s terrifying unlike megalodon, megalodon is cute but I still think it would’ve won against the livyatan

@notoriousbigmoai1125 10 ай бұрын

In one vs one combat, these two creatures were pretty much equal and would depend on who got the first bite, but in reality whales are very social animals and would travel in pods while sharks are solitary hunters and travel alone. This really put Megalodon at a significant disadvantage. I suspect Megalodon only hunts young or sick Livyatan that was left behind by the pod.

@patrickmccurry1563 10 ай бұрын

With such short lifespans though, they may have traveled in very small pods like other short lived whale species.

@MrRenanHappy 10 ай бұрын

Sharks are also much stupider by comparison

@obambagaming1467 10 ай бұрын

Also Livyatan was way more intelligent than Megalodon. Females probably were smaller than males, but mist likely traveled in pods, like modern sperm whales. Males on the other hand were probably larger and solitary, just like modern sperm whales.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

@@MrRenanHappy Intelligence doesn’t really play much of a role in shark-cetacean interactions (the idea even small dolphins dominate sharks with brainpower is a myth). Size and power has far more to do with it. Orcas can dominate and even kill GWS on occasion (though this is far less common than often argued) because they have a major size advantage over GWS; other, equally intelligent species of dolphins can’t (not even in groups) because they simply lack the physical means. Considering that Livyatan doesn’t have a major size advantage on megalodon I would not be arguing it would dominate or kill adult megalodon, though it’s formidable enough in its own right that megalodon would actually take it seriously and likewise leave it alone. Also, sharks are significantly more intelligent than most people assume.

@asmagamer728 10 ай бұрын

@@bkjeong4302Finally someone who actually has a brain who knows that intelligence doesn’t mean instant win

@Subjectively 10 ай бұрын

I’m curious to learn more about the social habits of these giant whales. One biblically-sized monster is scary enough, imagine if they lived in pods like modern day sperm whales?

@user-lq4ct6dr5m 9 ай бұрын

They most likely had a similar lifestyle as sperm whales, since they're relatives ( Love the Mazah region designs btw )

@jaylicious4694 8 ай бұрын

I didn't think I'd see this channel here

@fuzzywyverns8561 8 ай бұрын

This is something I’d also want to hear more about. I do wonder if the tendency to live in tight nit social groups is what shaped the evolution of cetacean lifespans and growth rates because there could be a link between them. Having the protection and experience of multiple mature individuals while an animal is young is extremely beneficial for the prosperity of their species. Many mammals that live in social groups will also have longer lifespans and a slower than average growth rate when compared to other members of their clades who are more solitary. It isn’t a rule though as there are also many social animals who are fast growing with short lifespans and vice versa. I think in the case of toothed whales (as most baleen whales are primarily solitary/travel in small groups or pairs, typically of mother and calf and only gather in larger numbers for breeding and/or migration) pod behaviours probably came first, and their growth rates adjusted because they were living longer as a result of reduced survival pressures.

@thebushna 10 ай бұрын

I would love to see more videos about Livytitan. It's a massive post KPG marine super predator that I feel gets overshadowed by Megalodon too often. I'd love more videos on extinct post KPG marine animals

@beastmaster0934 10 ай бұрын

5:14 So even if the genus name is invalid, it STILL can’t be used for a new animal? That’s dumb.

@BenGThomas 10 ай бұрын

Yeah those are the rules, unfortunately. Livyatan is still a pretty awesome name though!

@bugtalk84 10 ай бұрын

Livyatan would be a terrifying creature to encounter if it were still alive today.

@highfive7689 10 ай бұрын

The Livyatan report was facinating. Yes, I'd love to see more on whale evolution. Would you be so kind to give us a descriptive picture of the world of each species timelined. To give a better wholistic impression in the environmental pressures, with prey, they lived in. Thanks.

@U-Flame 10 ай бұрын

I know you gotta prep material for next shark week, but I also hope you can still provide more shark content throughout the year as well. Also ye I'd love to see more Livyatan coverage!

@FloozieOne 9 ай бұрын

With all the hype about Megalodon of course it has been described often, but I never heard of Livyatan until now. How could such a creature, just as big and dangerous have been ignored? Well I know about it now, thanks to you, and am appropriately awed, not to mention extremely grateful to evolution for not creating humans until these monsters had become extinct.

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 10 ай бұрын

Simply the thumbnail of all time, I like it 👍 😊 I already like this video and I hope you all have a great day.

@RedXlV 10 ай бұрын

Given that Hollywood keeps making megalodon movies, it's kind of surprising there hasn't been a megalodon vs livyatan yet.

@kurtisgonzales37 10 ай бұрын

Probably one of my favorite species EVER. It just did everything bigger and badder than anything else

@erichtomanek4739 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video and excellent week of Sharks! The extinction of Livyaton, Megalodon and co must be due to the formation of the Panama Isthmus stopping the flow of some equatorial currents and hence brought on the Ice Age two to three million years ago. But for some millions of years before the closure the islands that formed there would have slowly but surely constricted the warm water currents and hence slowly altered the marine ecologies. For millions of years these mega predators would have been put under more and more pressure to find enough food. Not to mention what their prey had to go through too.

@johnsteiner3417 10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't surprise me if they found signs that Livyatan ate Megalodon livers after ripping them out live.

@theangryholmesian4556 10 ай бұрын

With some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

@sharksarecooI 2 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t surprise me if they found crushed livyatan bones inflicted by the Megalodon.

@johnsteiner3417 2 ай бұрын

@@sharksarecooI Not likely. Predatory cetaceans are way meaner and more sadistic than sharks or other fish.

@sharksarecooI 2 ай бұрын

@@johnsteiner3417 that is true but killing for food is not sadistic.

@user-dc9oq2pr6v 2 ай бұрын

@@johnsteiner3417 dolphins themselves are fierce, Orcas literally bully everything in the ocean. There was a case of 2 orcas killing 30 sharks for no reason in one hour. So you can imagine how terrifying livyatan would've been.

@NextToToddliness 10 ай бұрын

Wow, I'm really digging this ongoing collaboration with Animalogic... oh wait.

@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz 10 ай бұрын

**Animal Face Off would like to know your location**

@anubusx 10 ай бұрын

Glasgow.

@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz 10 ай бұрын

@@anubusx?

@anubusx 10 ай бұрын

@@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz That is where i live.

@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz 10 ай бұрын

@@anubusx Oh. Good question, why did you say that?

@anubusx 10 ай бұрын

@@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz You asked for people's locations.

@johnmoore8599 10 ай бұрын

Really nice video essay and analysis! Quite thorough presentation!

@xavier84623 10 ай бұрын

Why did Livyatan suddenly get popular? There have been like 5 big new videos from popular educational channels. Did they coordinate or did livyatan randomly go viral during this years shark week?

@BenGThomas 10 ай бұрын

Seems like luck 🤣 I've had this one planned for a couple months now, always good to see more love for Livyatan though!

@xavier84623 10 ай бұрын

@@BenGThomas I agree. It rarely gets the spotlight but I feel like it might have been the mightiest predator earth has ever had. It’s extra big cause water, and it’s teeth are designed to fight other big things. I think a full grown livyatan might have been the most apex of apex creatures in all natural history.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

To be frank a lot of these videos hype of Livyatan too much to the point of calling it a predator of adult megalodon: this video gives a more nuanced coverage that does both animals Justice.

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 10 ай бұрын

@@xavier84623 unfortunately megalodon is still more likely to have occupied a higher trophic level than livyatan. Megalodon is around the same size as the whale or larger according to what estimates we have now. Cetacean shark relationships today are rather size dependant. For example orcas often eat the livers of smaller great whites. The juveniles and the subadults, not the fully grown adults are their victims, and the largest orcas notably outsize even the largest great whites. Meanwhile, Great whites are able to predate upon dolphins around their size in places like Shark bay, despite their intelligence and sociality. Granted modern day dolphins asides from orcas are not macropredatory and do not eat animals the same size or larger than them, but it it worth noting that they are the prey in this situation. This is not to say livyatan is helpless though, since it evolved in the middle of megalodon's reign, which is rather impressive in and of itself.

@xavier84623 10 ай бұрын

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 dolphins are different, they hunt fish, even the orca isnt designed to fight large creatures specifically, but lyv was specifically evolved to hunt large animals. they have the largest teeth ever of anything(twice the meg), and they point out in such a way that they can bit huge surfaces and find purchase. like, havent you ever seen a sea turtle defend against a shark, they just face their shell at them and its too flat and large for the shark to do anything, but lyv jaw design can bite into a wall of flesh no problem. probably if meg tried to bite lyv it would only be able to get it jaws around a small part of it, maybe take a bite out of its fins or just give it lacerations on its body or something, but lyv is designed to lay into large creatures, its bites are angled to rip into giant pieces of of flesh with massive teeth, not just catch smaller prey. sure meg and lyv are about the same size (the meg estimation is 10-17m while lyv is 12-16), but the difference is clear, the jaw shape, doubled the tooth size, and general design makes lyv and apex of apex predators. im not saying it intentionally predated adult megs tho, it almost certainly didnt, would have been an unnecessary risk since there were easier whales to eat everywhere. just in a silly animal planet meg vs lyv way, i bet the lyv comes out on top most of the time.

@Nmethyltransferase 10 ай бұрын

Shark Week is now Shark & Rivals Week

@skywise001 9 ай бұрын

This is really interesting - they found megladon fossils in shallower seas where they grew up in relative safety. They probably did it in part to hide hem from this whale :)

@ThrowerTimothy 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your dedication in putting these videos together - I always look forward to shark week

@user-bq7th7hc7z 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Yes I would like to see more about Sperm Whale evolution. Keep up the good work.

@AM-qc4qt 10 ай бұрын

I really loved this week's content!! Great work

@jahcode6132 10 ай бұрын

I had heard of this creature before but didn't know it existed so recently, and that it overlapped with the Megladon and how freakin epic that is.

@kwanarchive 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if there could have been an evolutionary arms race that pushed both Megalodon and Livyatan to get that big together.

@takenname8053 10 ай бұрын

Thank you guys for another wonderful Shark Week!

@carbonara2144 9 ай бұрын

Meg vs Liv. That's a movie title right there!

@doomfeast1102 10 ай бұрын

Moby Dick 2: The Revenge from the Trench. Megaladon and Livayatan must join forces to stop the mad mariner, and this time it's personal. "Now there's two of them, capt'n!" -"Agh, then bring two harpoons, Ishmael!"

@fromp2u 10 ай бұрын

super interesting. excellent presentation. more please and thank you!

@osmosisjones4912 10 ай бұрын

The Megalodon was not an over grown great white they might have even been able Suck water to their gills and asofigus to save energy

@gojitsar7505 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Theres a paper I read a while back that studied isotopes of shark and whale teeth, but it essentially boiled down to the fact that Megalodon and macroraptorial sperm whales didnt compete for food, rather filled different niches. You can also see rhis in the jaws,as the curve of livyatans teeth was made to grip and pin small prey in its mouth, while Megalodon could wrap its jaws around larger whales. You can also see this in a fossil of a macroraptorial sperm whale (As you mention in the video) with a puncture in its tooth by a similarly sized otodus shark indicating that megalodon had no problem attacking larger whales. I think that this was an active predation attempt personally, because if the shark was directly feeding off the carcass, it shouldve chewed directly through the bone. There had to be some struggle and back and forth face biting if the whale made it out with only scratches. (And of course, Im considering your reasoning too.)

@littlemandarren 10 ай бұрын

As the old saying goes ‘plenty of fish in the sea’ and this one takes the cake

@Awakeandalive1 10 ай бұрын

Yes please to more videos about ancient predatory cetaceans!

@ANwk-eh7mg 6 ай бұрын

Interesting in the sense Megalodon likely had similar sensory organs as smaller sharks. Levytan the sonar of modern whales

@BinroWasRight 10 ай бұрын

Brilliantly researched and presented! 🦈💙

@leoncontorno 10 ай бұрын

And thank you for such a wonderful show. Paleontology rules!

@professorcassowary 10 ай бұрын

14:07 Oh please do make a video on Livyatan!!!! I love Whales :)

@physetermacrocephalus2209 10 ай бұрын

This is the second livyatan video I have seen released this weekend. Now im obviously biased and am subbed too many chad animal channels but its always interesting seeing the odds align like this in real time.

@tonyhaslam186 10 ай бұрын

Loved it. You guys are awesome. Paleontology rules.

@AndAllWeAreIsAllWeMadeBB 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely love how you give your mom a shout out at the end❤

@susanandrews2294 9 ай бұрын

Excellent content, love the vid, subscribed 🙂

@TheWynM 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for great video! I would have liked to see a sketch of Megalodon and Livyatan together, to compare their sizes. 😊

@davidboyle1902 3 ай бұрын

From the Triassic to the Eocene, fishing in the oceans of the world would have been a trip! The problem is, I’ve never figured out what the fishing boat would look like. I mean, there were some very large bad guys prowling those waters. Which brings me to my suggestion. How about a series on the baddest times to be a fisherman? When were the confluences of the most terrifying predators to have ever lived? Love these episodes.

@tm43977 10 ай бұрын

Livayatan Melvillei did live alongside with otodus meg but Sigma on Megalodon

@mokuroh14 10 ай бұрын

Yes please, make a video on sperms whale evolution! I've really enjoyed this coverage of Shark Week this year

@Purrbeast 10 ай бұрын

i always love hearing about whale evolution!

@sciencenerd7639 10 ай бұрын

1) Lindsay Nikole 2) Animalogic 3) Ben G Thomas It's so cool that I follow enough zoology/paleontology channels that I get three Livyatan videos in as many days

@seansmith3058 10 ай бұрын

I saw the exhibit about this while visiting the natural history museum in Lima. My Spanish wasn't good enough to get the details right but the artifacts and pictures got the point across without difficulty.

@eshbansuleman9501 10 ай бұрын

Finnaly! Some appreciation for this beautiful creature!

@sassa82 10 ай бұрын

Maybe Livyatan hunted Megalodon just like Orca hunt great white sharks.

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

This ignores how much of a size advantage orcas have on great whites, something Livyatan didn’t have over megalodon.

@Oinker-Sploinker 10 ай бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 They probably worked in pods so the minor size difference doesn't matter and even then they are smarter and probably faster

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

@@Oinker-Sploinker There isn’t anything to indicate Livyatan was faster than megalodon, and even in groups cetaceans rely very heavily on individual physical capabilities to get the better of sharks.

@amandastakeonit7402 10 ай бұрын

This did not disappoint!

@dragonfox2.058 10 ай бұрын

fascinating...yes please more

@Sarafimm2 10 ай бұрын

I find Sperm Whales to be quite mysterious. I'd love a video on them.

@phantom7694 10 ай бұрын

Liv & Meg ⚡🔥

@loupblanc7944 9 ай бұрын

I would love to hear more about Leviathan its honestly such a cool predator. Heck, I would love to hear more about predatory whales in general, like the pseudo mosasaur revival in early whales.

@benevolentintelligence2677 10 ай бұрын

Livyatan video! for sure!

@DoctorChange106 4 күн бұрын

GREAT VIDEO AND hope for new vid on whale evolution

@theajshortman 10 ай бұрын

Yes, more of that ! ❤

@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302 10 ай бұрын

Bloody exciting ep. guys. I want the movie now

@anubusx 10 ай бұрын

Really excited for The MEG 2.

@andreagriffiths3512 10 ай бұрын

Me too!

@tinamclaughlin1991 10 ай бұрын

Yes please! More, and.... More please!

@dudotolivier6363 10 ай бұрын

Really, the Otodontidae, aka the Megatooth Sharks, were really a fascinating,now completely extinct, family of sharks and predators. There was several taxa within it, others than Otodus itself, its nameshake. And each having several species in it. The family evolved during the Mesozoic, at around 115 Mya, during the Early Cretaceous, have survived the Kt-extinction, and survived until 3.6 Mya, at the Late Pliocene. Whatever in the Mesozoic or during the early stages of the Cenozoïc, these animal were always in general pretty big species (generally the size or slightly higher than a Great White Shark) and important predators of their ecosystems. Megalodon was the biggest and last of the Otodus genus. It's was the biggest shark, predator, macro-predator, sea predator, otodus species known currently to Science, in the same time. Like Tyrannosaurus, it's one if only with the latter to be reffered by the general public withr its species name, megalodon. (like rex for T-rex). Despite Levyatan being whithout any doubts a worthy opponent and had a big competition against it for food sources, Megalodon have survived longer than it. Levyatan becoming extinct a pretty significant good period of time before Megalodon. However, Megalodon wasn't the very last Otodontid to ever lived and to become extinct. It's was the last of its genus to exist, but not the only remaining Otodontid. At the time when Megalodon lived, Otodontid weren't no more very diversified like once. Since the juveniles of Megalodon have outcompeted most if not all the smaller species (like with the juveniles of T-rex reducing the smaller and medium species of others predatory dinosaurs, at their time). There was only few and big taxa remaining. Paratodus is THE true very last of the Megatooth Sharks to ever lived, having survived to Megalodon and becoming extinct after it. It's to it that this title of last member of the family go. The last and youngest of the 3 known species of Paratodus was a very large shark, yet slightly smaller than Megalodon both on average and maximum estimates. Its survival was due to being even more generalist than Megalodon. Whatever, the lost and extinction of these animals have a great impact on the modern ecosystem of today oceans. Allowing the whales as a whole to grew considerably into large sizes than they were able to reach due to Megalodon, Levyatan, Paratodus and cie's presence that forced them at the time to remain pretty small most to maximum medium of the time. To be enough fast in water. While Orcas and Great White Sharks were able to reach the now open niches of sea apex predators they continue to have today !

@witheredjr2887 10 ай бұрын

A perfect way to end of shark week 😊

@sharkchaos5160 9 ай бұрын

Great video.

@VitchAndVorty 10 ай бұрын

Goddammit. Mammals love to dominate any habitat. We should probably try the skies next time. Come on, bats, we are rooting for you guys!

@colinmccarthy7921 9 ай бұрын

I found the video to be very informative in detail.

@darthcheney7447 10 ай бұрын

Top notch fellas.

@myleswelnetz6700 9 ай бұрын

Megalodon had plenty of competition.

@aspie-anarchist9854 10 ай бұрын

Of course we want that video

@tobilikebacon 10 ай бұрын

Best palaeontological channel!

@Birbatron 9 ай бұрын

If the livyatan had a similar ecological niche to an orca, it might have a similar body plan, leading to a possibly 20+m in length and 120+ tons in weight

@unnatralblizrd 8 күн бұрын

120 tons is pushing it by alot

@DanielBMaximoff 9 ай бұрын

Livytitan being a ancestor of the Orca means that it would have flipped the Meg over to split it in two.

@BugsandBiology 4 ай бұрын

But it wasn’t an ancestor of orcas. It was an early relative of sperm whales

@Dr.Phelix 10 ай бұрын

Dude sweet sharky themed background brah 👍🏻

@ceruleanclouds5871 3 ай бұрын

Thank you .

@jamesabernethy7896 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, I have a few more of yours to catch up on later. Sorry for going slightly off-topic, I heard of this species while listening to the audiobook of 'Vostok' by Steve Alten. I assumed it was just made up, although his version would have been exaggerated it's surprising to know that there was a real version of it.

@Svensk7119 8 ай бұрын

"Big fishy of death"! Hah! Ibstill love that!

@bluedragon219123 10 ай бұрын

6:35 I have found a new scientific word today: Junk...I wonder what it actually is? Fat maybe? Still Great Job! :)

@paulbags123 10 ай бұрын

Fascinating video and yes we need a (route to leviatan) a sperm whale evolution video 😊🤙

@notyourrealfather 9 ай бұрын

Dude! I have two copies of "Sharks: Silent Hunters of the Deep" (the first copy is extremely worn out, so I bough a second last year) It's a bit dated now, but it was the first book I ever checked out from the library back in 1993, I was roughly 6 years old and my dad took after I saw Jaws and fell in love with sharks. I hope you like it as much as I do, and it's not just a prop!

@keithtarrier4558 10 ай бұрын

Good job this year!

@jonathanbouranel7743 10 ай бұрын

Cool vid. Your awesome.

@CptPandy-tj9ty 10 ай бұрын

Megalodon vs levyatan? How about ben vs lindsay

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 10 ай бұрын

That hammerhead T-shirt is awesome.

@londonbudgetgardner5205 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video Think about it The end of the dinosaurs was just the beginning of gigantic supermassive predators.

@sabedoriaaciencia Ай бұрын

Animais incríveis unicos e sensacionais.

@Toki52 2 ай бұрын

I recognize that book on the left from my school library in the 90's

@dynamoterror18 10 ай бұрын

Going for the jaws to disable your opponent is pretty bold.

@alayneperrott9693 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting and informative. Proper refs, too.

@dogglefoxkvk 9 ай бұрын

Damn 2010 update when hard...gotta love the giants 😊

@ericacook2862 10 ай бұрын

I had to replay it over three times. "Big fishy of death."

@rubenskiii 9 ай бұрын

Absolute amazing to see this monster in a video, in Rotterdam they have a (life sized replica) skull, it’s huge and the teeth look absolutely horrific. If they wheren’t fossilized you could litteraly just put some cloth on the end and tadaa: you now have a teeth short sword!

@SpottedHares 10 ай бұрын

Remember Livyatan was also a mammal, and if it was as intelligence as predator Cetacea are today then it might not be to hard to image that this animal was capable of what could be see as cruelty. Image a Livatan ripping off a Megalodon tail like a Orca dose to s great white

@bkjeong4302 10 ай бұрын

A reminder that orcas are much larger than great whites while Livyatan was at most the same size as megalodon…

@Oinker-Sploinker 10 ай бұрын

Megalodon probably used the same tactic great whites use to escape orcas

@Predation_records 10 ай бұрын

Orcas are 4 times bigger than a great white and they 2v1 them. How can you compare them to this?

@coryfice1881 2 ай бұрын

@@bkjeong4302Reminder that Orca's have been known to hunt Blue whales the literal largest living organism earth has ever produced.

@bkjeong4302 2 ай бұрын

@@coryfice1881 Only occasionally and with adolescent blue whales. Not to mention that blue whales rely on simply outrunning and outlasting an attacker (which they’re actually good at due to their speed and endurance).