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What Basilosaurus Ate

Started by suspsy, January 10, 2019, 01:20:30 AM

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January 10, 2019, 01:20:30 AM
Stomach contents show remains of fish as well as juvenile Dorudon. Walking With Prehistoric Beasts had it correct!

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0209021&fbclid=IwAR0eVBA7wsXt-ooSHpZW3nHDoGnyQ4rW5yoIOCdKpQ_zhVXdNcx-1JvN3Fk
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January 10, 2019, 02:08:57 AM
Basilosaurus looks more sinister than today's whales with the long mosasaur like body.

I wonder if it hunted in packs like most modern predatory whales?

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January 11, 2019, 01:40:45 AM
I doubt that Basilosaurus was gregarious enough to hunt in a pack. Many modern cetaceans do (especially dolphins and porpoises), but they're also very intelligent creatures naturally. Weren't archeocetes a little lacking on the EQ scale compared to their later kin? Mind you, most Eocene mammals were as well.
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