JayLin

@Evoincarnate @HintonPhotos Yet you have to admit that the great white, a relative of the megalodon, poses almost no threat to healthy adult dolphins. We can’t even capture footage of a successful attack—only photos with carcasses, which any scavenger could do.

@HintonPhotos Yes “A pod of orcas could easily kill a megalodon” The average megalodon response

Orcas: cool animals with lots of neat behavior and anatomy to study along with their ecotypes Orca glazers: the most annoying people you will ever meet

@TurkeyGod586219 @Evoincarnate C'mon, you should see how helpless great whites—even with their size advantage—usually are against pods of dolphins. Most of the time, it's just photos with carcasses, no necropsies or actual attacks. They're no better than scavengers. What about Megalodon?

@Evoincarnate He was also just a megalodon slave. megalodon is cool but whenever he brought it up, it was always in relation how it was the most powerful carnivore ever who could easily destroy any whale. Tried convincing me it would destroy orca pods (which I agree with btw)

@Evoincarnate @TurkeyGod586219 If the two species encountered each other, it would likely result in one‑sided predation by orcas on smaller megalodon individuals, while the megalodon’s threat to orcas would rely on luck similar to winning the lottery.

@TurkeyGod586219 Tbh the average megalodon is an insane animal Not taking into account the estimated upper ranges 16m megalodon taking a chunk out of a 9.8m orca

@Evoincarnate @TurkeyGod586219 Furthermore, a significant portion of megalodon individuals were comparable in size to great white sharks, which are easily preyed upon by orcas.

@Evoincarnate @TurkeyGod586219 Sharks are often seen with whale carcasses, but without a necropsy, they are no more impressive than seabirds that also feed on whale remains.

@Evoincarnate @TurkeyGod586219 However, there are very few observed records of extant predatory lamnids attacking dolphins—fewer even than the number of times orcas have killed and eaten great white sharks.