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		protomyth on Dec 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas Isn't one of the theories of why the Megalodon went extinct was Orcas (or a relative) pack hunted the young into extinction?

ajross on Dec 7, 2019 [–]

Consensus is that they were likely outcompeted by whales for sure, though mostly by relatives of modern sperm whales. I hadn't heard anything about predation by dolphins/orcas.

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