Ancient Sharks Feasted on Fatty Sperm Whale Noses 5 Million Years Ago - Newsweek


6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Jessica Thomson

Bite marks on the fossilized skulls of ancient sperm whales have shown that ancestral sharks had a preference for feeding on their large, fatty nasal organs.

Shark ancestors have been found to have preferred to feed on the noses of ancient sperm whales thanks to their large fat content, according to research published in the journal Proceedings of the Roy… [+3407 chars]

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