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Big Think · Sep 9, 2021

Terrifying proto-whale hunted on land and in the sea

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Before migrating to the sea, whales were terrestrial herbivores. As they transitioned to the ocean and became carnivores, at least one proto-whale was an eating machine — both on land and in the sea. This fearsome fossil was found in the Sahara desert, which used to be an ocean bottom. Whales are carnivorous , although gigantic baleen whales feed on such tiny prey that it is hard to believe that…

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