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06-15-2023, 07:48 PM( This post was last modified: 06-15-2023, 07:52 PM by Apex Titan )
(06-07-2023, 08:10 AM)MatijaSever Wrote:
(10-12-2019, 01:19 PM)Shadow Wrote: What is the source of that photo. I think, that it´s photoshopped by someone, that doesn´t look at all natural. But with photoshop something like that photo can be made.
What comes to megalodon and orcas, it´s good to remember, that orcas have killed whales over 20 meters long. So has megalodon been 15 or 18 meters long, it´s still not out of range of prey, which orcas can injure and kill. Of course it had big mouth and sharp teeth, but when attacked by another predator able to outmaneuver bigger one in movement, situation is very difficult to bigger one. Especially when knowing how intelligent mammals orcas are.
Since there is so little information, I don´t like to speculate too much, just pointing out, that size, no matter if 15 or 18 meters isn´t enough alone to make some marine animal immune towards attacks of orcas. At least if we are talking orcas in same sizes as they are today.
It's hard to say whether or not the photo is photoshopped, since it's impossible to verify the source. However, I think it's important to understand that no matter how big or powerful a creature is, it can still be vulnerable to attack by smaller, more agile predators. Orcas have proven that they can take down whales much bigger than a megalodon, so it's reasonable to assume that they could have posed a threat to megalodon if they managed to catch it off guard.
Orcas would have posed absolutely zero threat to a megalodon. Lets be real here. Even large pods of Orcas in extremely rare cases would attack a bull sperm whale. Studies, as well as numerous observations made by marine biologists have shown that even single Humpback whales dominate Orca pods in many interactions and are known to chase away Orca pods and save other animals from Orca attacks. Now imagine what a megalodon would do.
Even large pods of Orcas would flee if they sensed a megalodon in the vicinity. The megalodon is simply too massive, too powerful, too formidable and just too armed for even a large pod of Orcas to risk attacking. Orcas would spend their lives avoiding the megalodon.
New studies have shown that the megalodon occupied the absolute highest position in the food-chain, higher than any other ocean predator ever, living or extinct. Their trophic position was so high that they even killed and ate other large predators and predators-of-predators. It was the undisputed alpha predator of the ocean and completely dominated the food-chain. Even the Livyatan Melvillei would have been in danger from megalodon attacks.
The studies also show that megalodon was so huge, that it could've snacked on modern killer whales and fully consume the largest killer whales in just five quick bites.
You need to realize that the "bigger whales" that Orcas have killed, do not have anywhere near the same power, bite-force, weaponry or killing abilities/prowess as the megalodon. Orcas in rare cases have attacked large, non-predatory whales which feed on plankton, small fish and crustaceans. Whereas the megalodon was a gigantic apex predator that dominated the ocean and basically killed and ate all other creatures it wanted to for a living. Huge difference.
