• Human ichthyosis, Steller's sea cow & megalodon

    From Daud Deden@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 8 20:45:22 2022
    Steller's sea cow & human ichthyosis: treebark-like skin

    https://phys.org/news/2022-02-genome-steller-sea-cow-decoded.html

    Could megalodon have been their main predator until 3.6ma?

    The camou mossy oak skin of sirenians was perhaps a result of predation by megalodon super sharks. Megalodon were up to 50' long, had huge teeth, related to great whites (which are slightly warm-blooded), lived until 3.6ma and didn't have sonar. Seems
    possible.

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