How old is the Melville whale? When did it go extinct?

There is a whale that can compete with giant-toothed sharks, called Melville whale, once one of the powerful marine creatures on earth, but now they can no longer be seen and have become extinct. Let's take a look at how old Melville whale is. When did it go extinct?

How old is the Melville whale?

At present, the sample of Melville whale has only one skull. Scientists speculate that Melville whale is 17018 meters long, and its teeth are currently found to be up to 35 centimeters long, but in 2013, it was found that 40 centimeters of scorched whale teeth were found, so this Melville whale may be up to 20 meters long. however, due to the small number of fossil samples, scientists can only find that they are top predators like giant-toothed sharks, which are comparable in strength. The body length of Melville whale is 13.5 meters. If you refer to the zygomatic sperm whale, the body length is 16.2 to 17.5 meters, and the maximum length is 20 meters.

When did the Melville whale become extinct?

An extinct toothed whale of the Miocene found in South America that lived 13 million years ago.

In terms of classification, Melville whales belong to the sperm whale family of cetaceans, which is closely related to the sperm whales that still live in the ocean today. Not only are they close, but they also look alike, but they are still different.

Melville whales have large square heads filled with fat called whale oil. Perhaps like sperm whales, they can use sound waves to detect prey and make sounds to communicate at the same time. The Melville whale has a wide and powerful mouth under its head, with two rows of thick teeth, the largest of which is 36 centimeters long! Its strong jaws give it a strong bite force, and its big mouth can easily crush the flesh of its prey.

The Melville whale has a strong body behind its huge head, flanked by a pair of pectoral fins and a small dorsal fin on its back. Like today's cetaceans, the Melville whale's caudal fins grow horizontally, symmetrical to the left and right of the midline, and powerful caudal fins ensure that they swim quickly in the ocean.

What if Melville whales are not extinct? First of all, the plum whale mainly preys on whales, and it is fully capable of hunting baleen whales of similar size. If it is not extinct, then we may have more opportunities to see more than ten meters of gray whales on the modern beach. The shattered carcasses of baleen whales are washed up on the shore, or on the sea, and the killer points directly at the whale. Without plum whales and giant-toothed sharks, the adult lives of these baleen whales are basically carefree (regardless of human whaling).

Plum whale as the overlord of the ocean, its diet must be very rich, modern marine top predator shark, when encounter plum whale, from the identity of predator to prey, what great white shark, tiger shark can only escape as the best policy.

Modern ocean overlord orcas can resist or drive plum whales if they have enough populations, but orcas are always cautious in the face of potential danger. An aggressive orca rushes toward the orcas, and even they have to adopt escape strategies to drive them away only when they can effectively organize their defences, but they rarely fight through their faces.

What is mentioned above is the "impact" of plum whales on modern marine life, what about humans? The average small and medium-sized ship is likely to look like the prey of plum whales, so if these ships are attacked, the crew is likely to be killed. Modern large whales basically eat plankton, small fish and shrimp, and have no motivation to attack ships. Sperm whales mainly prey on molluscs and have no motivation to attack ships. If plum whales are not extinct, we may no longer be suitable to use smaller ships for activities at sea.