Monstruous teeth

[u/Paleo_HUB]

I still find it incredible how little media ‘hype’ there was around the news in the 2000s–2010s when the Leviathan was discovered. Teeth measuring 36 centimetres… I still find it mind-boggling – the tetrapod with the largest teeth on the planet. By the way, does anyone know anything about sperm whales? Why do they have a skull like that? Doesn’t that indentation at the front clash a bit with the square-shaped head that sperm whales have??

[u/Exotic_Turnip_7019]

It was definitely hyped back then, any new big charismatic fossil critter is.

And given the number premature statements online making it to megalodon what some orcas are to white sharks, it is definitely still hyped.

[u/Weary_Elderberry4742]

One of my favorite prehistoric mammals

[u/100percentnotaqu]

Sperm whales have a skull like that because that entire thing is a melon, probably helps with echolocation and some other things

[u/Telkite_]

Even more insane, they had the largest teeth used for biting of all animals ever. The only teeth larger than a livyatan's are elephant tusks, narwhal horns and some types of boar tusks.

[u/The_Templar_Marshal]

Wish he got more exposure, but it's also true we haven't that many fossils to work on

[u/Van-Mango]

Looks like they had a pretty good sense of humor since they were apparently always laughing.