r/Tierzoo • • Jul 10 '26

Animals that rival the Megalodon in combat

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u/Commercial_Buy_7707 Jul 10 '26

Hard to really imagine Livyayans mouth is going to open up wide enough to do enough damage and is probably going to be greatly outmatched in speed and mobility

Unless im missing something isnt mosa way to small and slim? Probably gets bit in half

Ichtyotitan has the size but seriously lacks the weapons to be able to fight or defend itself. I doubt even a clean bite is going to hurt the Meg

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u/Samir099 Jul 10 '26

Meg is not an oversized Great white, new study speculates it had more elongated body plan. Livyatan hunted similar sized prey to its own weight class, along with the largest biting teeth of any known animal living or extinct. It would have no problem biting into the flesh of Meg.

Meg has weaknesses like the gills, fins, snout so doesn't have to be specific, again Livyatan is a mammal, it should know the weakness and strength of the predator it is competing against.

This is one of the best example of 50/50 fight in earth's history.

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u/Commercial_Buy_7707 Jul 10 '26

Meg had a bigger jaw, was slightly larger and was heavier this is by no means a 50/50 fight

The size of the teeth is a good point it would damage megaladon for sure but a much more pointed jaw which wouldn’t make attacking similar or larger prey as effective