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I made this as a companion to Eocene Infanticide, thought luckily for you this one is far less shocking. Chemical analysis of the teeth of Ambulocetus natans (3 m) shows that it could move between salt and fresh water, indicating a similar lifestyle of estuarine crocodile, and if it ventured into the ocean to feed, it likely encountered some enormous and hungry sharks, especially the otodontids or megatoothed sharks, such as Otodus obliquus (10 m), one of the most dangerous predators from the Eocene oceans and a possible ancestor of the famous Carcharocles megalodon (16 m).

To these megatoothed sharks the early whales would have been an easy snack, meaning that whenever these early archaeoceti whale entered the salt water they were putting their lives on the line. In this illustration I depicted the Ambulocetus following a specific route that would quickly lead them to shallow waters where the massive Otodus could never follow. But like with modern great whites stalking fur seals, some of these otodontids could have learned to prowl around such places where they could ambush the small whales.

" Oh tis is like n Dinosaur Planet were Predator X hunt Kimerasaurus!", yeah, yeah it is Captain Obvious, you really don't need to point it out.

Description

I made this as a companion to Eocene Infanticide, thought luckily for you this one is far less shocking. Chemical analysis of the teeth of Ambulocetus natans (3 m) shows that it could move between salt and fresh water, indicating a similar lifestyle of estuarine crocodile, and if it ventured into the ocean to feed, it likely encountered some enormous and hungry sharks, especially the otodontids or megatoothed sharks, such as Otodus obliquus (10 m), one of the most dangerous predators from the Eocene oceans and a possible ancestor of the famous Carcharocles megalodon (16 m).

To these megatoothed sharks the early whales would have been an easy snack, meaning that whenever these early archaeoceti whale entered the salt water they were putting their lives on the line. In this illustration I depicted the Ambulocetus following a specific route that would quickly lead them to shallow waters where the massive Otodus could never follow. But like with modern great whites stalking fur seals, some of these otodontids could have learned to prowl around such places where they could ambush the small whales.

" Oh tis is like n Dinosaur Planet were Predator X hunt Kimerasaurus!", yeah, yeah it is Captain Obvious, you really don't need to point it out.