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Were they rather formidable predators?<\/p>\n<p>To find out whether ancient whales, which lived some 25 million years ago, were predators hunting large prey or feeding on small prey by filtration, scientists created 3D models of the teeth of eight extinct whale species as well as four terrestrial carnivores \u2013 coyote, lion, dingo and cougar \u2013 as well as five seal species, some of which use their teeth as a filter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient whales had extremely sharp teeth, similar to those of land-based predators such as lions and dingoes, recently discovered researchers from Monash University and Museums Victoria in Australia. This finding disproves the theory that these whales used their teeth to filter their food, as many large whales do today thanks to their baleen. 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