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According to the team’s research, published in the journal Cretaceous Research, the reptile measured roughly 26 feet in length — about the size of an orca ... a sea turtle, or even a ...

On Hawaii’s big island, marine biologist George Balazs seems to know most of the turtles by name—or ... Islands in the 1990s prompted orcas, which eat other whales, to venture closer to ...

Okay, so tiger sharks don’t necessarily tend to the ocean’s plants—but they do scare away grazers who eat sea grass! The sea grass in Australia ... And the occasional killer whale attack. They ...

They are considered the health police of the sea, as they also eat sick and weak animals. Killer whales weigh between three and nine ... sharks, squid, gulls, turtles, penguins and marine mammals such ...

It probably targeted large prey such as whales, seals, and sea turtles. The fossil record ... Various factors, including competition from whale-eating cetaceans like Livyatan and possibly smaller ...