As many know, the Leviathan is the biblical creature that lived in the seas, a monster created by God This mystical figure is made resurgence in the famous novel Moby Dick, where, to assume the role of the sea monster, we find the same name "white whale" in reality, the description corresponding turns out to be a sperm whale. Bible myths and apart from it seems that such a creature really existed. It is a whale, then a marine mammal, now extinct, and that dominated the seas of the earth about 13 million years ago. The size really remarkable, though not exceeding those of the living blue whale (the largest living animal on Earth ever existed), made him a formidable predator that can eat even more medium-sized cetaceans. To make it a formidable predator as well as the large size was the powerful head, about 3 meters long, wearing a mouth armed with strong and sharp conical teeth over 35 cm. It was probably a solitary hunter. The length of this mighty animal was thought to exceed 15 feet, more or less than their distant cousins \u200b\u200bto modern whales. The name given by scientists to this creature of the deep could not be Lyviatan melvillei , in honor of the Biblical monster and Herman Melville, author of the famous novel Moby Dick.
In photo, left, a graphic reconstruction of this giant of the seas attacking a whale fossil found on the right sides of the skull and some animal teeth. Is shown for the comparison between a human being and the huge skull of the animal.
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