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Published: 2019-04-04 01:07:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 22043; Favourites: 568; Downloads: 5
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Description Inspirado en el descubrimiento en Antártida de una nueva especie de Llanocetus, la cual al parecer habría alcanzado los 12 metros de longitud. Llanocetus fue un misticeto primitivo, que todavía tenía dientes y habría depredado sobre presas mucho más grandes, proporcionalmente, que las de las actuales ballenas con barbas. El Llanocetus gigante confirma que los misticetos alcanzaron tamaños gigantes antes de convertirse en filtradores, y seguramente se contaba entre los depredadores más formidables del Eoceno. 

Inspired by the discovery in Antarctica of a new species of Llanocetus, which apparently reached up to 12 meters long. Llanocetus was a primitive baleen whale, but it still had teeth instead of baleen; it would've preyed upon much larger prey, proportionally, than its modern relatives. This giant Llanocetus proves that baleen whales became giants before they became filter feeders, and would've been one of the most formidable predators of the Eocene seas. 
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Cerberus-Chaos [2024-06-02 14:20:33 +0000 UTC]

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Multiomniversal124 [2019-08-11 09:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Well that guys dead.

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yxungdean [2019-07-08 20:13:09 +0000 UTC]

hes huger than i thought 😳

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TheGamingKaiju2003 [2019-07-05 19:42:51 +0000 UTC]

I personally think the Llanocetus is playing around with the diver in a similar way to pilot whales and other toothed whales do. Like the way you see it with Orca in captivity or Beluga Whales in captivity.

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ThalassoAtrox [2019-05-11 19:14:03 +0000 UTC]

Giant penguins in the place of little penguins.


Giant pseudo-tooth birds in the places of the little skuas.


I assume this cetacean would have been the orca equivalent of late Eocene Antarctica.

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Touch-Not-This-Cat In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2019-11-28 07:11:07 +0000 UTC]

Harder to catch them in one sense, as there was a lot less ice for them to launch sneak attacks, but at the same time a lot less ice provided fewer islands of escape. The Isthmus Of Tasmania still endured at that time, channeling a tropical stream from the barrier reef into Antarctic waters. I doubt it was safe to cross on foot for most beasts, however, as only the western side was warm. By the time the current had circled the continent, the water on the EAST side of the Isthmus would have been almost as cold as today. You had tropically warm water and ice cold water separated by just a mile or less sliver of rock on both sides. Hot and cold air would have been mixing CONSTANTLY, causing endless water spouts and tornadoes up and down and across the bridge. Conditions might have come together such that It might have been safe to cross once every 10,000 years. Most animals would have been too wary to take advantage of that chance.
So long before the bridge suddenly collapsed 19 million years ago, starting the current Deep deep freeze, Antarctica and Australia had been effectively cut off from each other.
...on land.
But, penguins and the whales that hunted them probably crossed back and forth all the time.

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APJ1930 In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2019-06-05 23:53:08 +0000 UTC]

They even coexisted with Meridiungulates relatives of the South Americans like Victorlemoinea.

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RareAksu [2019-05-04 01:37:41 +0000 UTC]

These "Diving with-" pictures you make are so amazing and fun! Love them all! 

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Sparky-Lurkdragon [2019-04-07 07:58:34 +0000 UTC]

What great colours on the whale! The markings are so lovely!

Wouldn't want to mess with her though, haha!

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HodariNundu In reply to Sparky-Lurkdragon [2019-04-13 02:58:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment!

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Tarturus [2019-04-04 22:17:54 +0000 UTC]

That time traveling diver does seem to get into a lot of life threatening situations.

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Libra1010 [2019-04-04 13:55:07 +0000 UTC]

 Please allow me to compliment you on the very elegant composition of this piece Hodari-san; I really love the way this great beast curves towards its prey, leading the eye very naturally from top to bottom (or vice versa!). 

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HodariNundu In reply to Libra1010 [2019-04-04 17:21:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the compliment!  

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Libra1010 In reply to HodariNundu [2019-04-05 21:55:36 +0000 UTC]

 Thank You, as ever, for sharing your Good Work. 

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Libra1010 [2019-04-04 13:53:38 +0000 UTC]

 Dunk the Diver: "My week was going SO well too ..." 

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Fireplume [2019-04-04 11:58:14 +0000 UTC]

I love this so very much, keep it up!

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HodariNundu In reply to Fireplume [2019-04-04 17:21:14 +0000 UTC]

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vasix [2019-04-04 08:52:03 +0000 UTC]

This is actually my favorite prehistoric cetacean

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HodariNundu In reply to vasix [2019-04-04 17:21:30 +0000 UTC]

It is pretty cool!

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PerfectChaos22 [2019-04-04 01:10:59 +0000 UTC]

How does the Diver survive these encounters? 

He must have some guardian angel

That or God's trying to kill him 

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geneticmonster03 In reply to PerfectChaos22 [2019-04-04 01:18:33 +0000 UTC]

he is like Conor from confinement ( scp animated ) where he dies but then comes back  XD

actually with the context
its like scp 1836
the women in the ice berg who has a bunch of whales around it.

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ElSqiubbonator In reply to geneticmonster03 [2019-04-04 01:55:19 +0000 UTC]

No, he's more like Kenny from South Park. Keeps dying, keeps coming back. 

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Elerio115 In reply to ElSqiubbonator [2019-04-04 02:45:37 +0000 UTC]

that's Edgar, if you know hodari's old work

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