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Ancient sea cow was killed by prehistoric croc then torn apart by a tiger shark

livescience.com
submitted
8 mos ago
byvaliantexplorertoscience

Summary

The skeleton of a prehistoric sea cow was discovered in northern Venezuela. It is a rare example of one animal being preyed upon by two different predators during the Early to Middle Miocene epoch (23 million to 11.6 million years ago)

The fossil skeleton included part of the sea cow's skull and 18 vertebrae. Discovery of a tooth between the neck and rib cage confirmed the scavenger was a tiger shark.

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4 Comments

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blackbeardsship
8 mos ago
That looks absolutely horrifying
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froggyweather
8 mos ago
My mind just goes to wondering how the hell any ancestor of ours actually survived
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splitsecond
8 mos ago
I have a feeling we weren't really around for this
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froggyweather
8 mos ago
I guess that's true, it would have just been our early early ancestors