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Description
Name: XiphactinusMeaning: "Sword-ray"
Habitat: United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Venezuela
Period: Late Cretaceous
Length: 20 ft.
Weight: 1,000 lbs.
Diet: Carnivore
Park Sector: Aquatic Park
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Fun fact: Xiphactinus is in the same group as the Arapaima.
Also, where's the color from?
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Interesting. I've seen arapaima in aquariums, and they're huge.
Based on Chased by Sea Monsters
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Really? The Xiphactinus is gray in that series, and yours is purple.
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There's a bit of purple on its back.
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Really? It kind of looks gray, doesn't it?
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www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/26…
Maybe this will refresh your memory
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And once died while doing so too.
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yep, we're all too familiar with that specimen.
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It swallowed a six-foot-long Gillicus fish.
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yeah, it's close relative in fact, right? (They looked vaguely similar.)
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Preyed on fish and even smaller reptiles. But it's a good meal for large sharks and large mosasaurs.
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Hell I'd keep one myself if I could, I'd build a moat and stock it full of them
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