What is the largest predator to walk the Earth?

Recently, researchers reported that they believe the Spinosaurus may be the largest-ever carnivore in history, and that finding builds on the work of paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim, who in 2014 found the fossils that proved the Spinosaurus hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago.

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What is the biggest predator to ever walk the Earth?

The title of largest land predator that ever walked on Earth goes to the Spinosaurus. This meat-eating dinosaur lived about 90-100 million years ago. It was about 60 feet long, 12 feet high, weighed at least 13 to 22 tons and had a skull roughly 6 feet long.

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What is the greatest predator to ever live?

A larger shark eating a smaller shark. Credit: Baris-Ozer / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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Who is the #1 predator?

' In terms of animals causing human deaths, the lion is probably the most dangerous apex predator. In the wild, lions use cooperative hunting to prey on buffalo, rhino, hippo, younger elephants, zebra, crocodiles, antelopes, wild hogs, and younger giraffes.

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Who would win Giga or Trex?

Giganotosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex did not live on the earth at the same time. Giganotosaurus was bigger and faster, but T-Rex had a stronger bite force and more teeth. In a fight between Giganotosaurus and T-Rex, the Tyrannosaurus would win.

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Is blue whale bigger than Megalodon?

First of all, blue whales are significantly larger than megalodons. The largest blue whale ever weighed 418,878 pounds (more than 200 tons) while average blue whales weigh more than 100 tons.

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What is the biggest creature ever found in the ocean?

#1—Blue Whale

Not only is the blue whale the largest animal to live on the Earth today, they are also the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth. A blue whale can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh upwards of 200 tons.

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What killed the megalodon?

It's thought that megalodon sharks became extinct in part due to climate change: as oceans grew colder, they may not have been able to regulate their temperatures as needed. Lack of prey could be behind the megalodon's extinction, as many marine animals and fish could not survive the cold temperatures.

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Is there any megalodons left?

Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago. And scientists know this because, once again, they looked at the teeth. All sharks – including megalodons – produce and ultimately lose tens of thousands of teeth throughout their lives.

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Who is the king of dinosaurs?

“Tyrannosaurus rex remains the one true king of the dinosaurs,” said paleontologist Steve Brusatte, study coauthor of the latest analysis and professor at The University of Edinburgh's School of Geosciences in Scotland, in a news release.

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Who would win in a fight between all dinosaurs?

Tyrannosaurus rex

rex reigns supreme in the dinosaur battle ring. Its powerful bite could generate between 8,000 to 12,000 pounds of force, said Evan Johnson-Ransom, a vertebrate paleontologist completing his master's degree at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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What dinosaur has the strongest bite force?

Of all the bites in the animal world, the Tyrannosaurus rex's may be the most famously terrifying. Now, it's also the strongest known to science, according to new research.

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What's the strongest creature in the world?

Exerts Most Absolute Force: Whales

A blue whale can generate a maximum force of approximately 60 kilonewtons. Whales can claim the title of the strongest creature on the planet simply due to their enormous size.

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Who killed the most people in the world?

But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people—easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.

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What is most poisonous animal?

Synanceia verrucosa, a species of stonefish, is lined with dorsal spines that deliver an intensely painful and lethal venom. It is sometimes called the most venomous fish in the world. There are at least 1,200 species of venomous fish, including: Stonefishes (Synanceia spp.)

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Who defeated T-Rex?

In Jurassic Park 3, the Spinosaurus easily defeated the T-rex by clenching its neck tightly between its jaws.

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Who would win in a fight between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Spinosaurus?

Many people think the T-Rex is the king of all dinosaurs in terms of size, but the Spinosaurus dwarfs it. Spinosaurus weighs 31,000 pounds, stood 23ft tall, and could reach 60ft in length. This was a much larger creature, especially for a carnivore. Spinosaurus gets the advantage in terms of sheer size.

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Can at rex beat a dragon?

The T-rex would beat a Komodo dragon in a fight using its massive size advantage and powerful bite. Although unlikely, the Komodo dragon might attempt an ambush attack if it absolutely had to fight the monstrous dinosaur. It would probably not succeed in doing much damage, though.

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What did T Rex prey on?

rex wasn't simply a scavenger: it actively hunted live prey, including sizable vertebrates like Edmontosaurus annectens, which could grow to be almost 10 feet tall and weigh up to 7,700 pounds.

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What did T Rex taste like?

rex tasted more like poultry than, say, beef or pork. Its flavor would likely have been closer to that of a carnivorous bird—perhaps a hawk—than a chicken. What does a hawk taste like? It's probably not far off from the dark meat of a turkey but would be more pungent because of its all-meat diet.

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How did T rex become extinct?

Evidence suggests an asteroid impact was the main culprit. Volcanic eruptions that caused large-scale climate change may also have been involved, together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate that happened over millions of years.

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Is there a 40 foot shark?

The second biggest shark in the world is the basking shark

While they don't get quite as large as whale sharks, the largest one ever reliably measured was 12.27 metres or just over 40 feet long. This is enough to net them the title of the world's second-largest shark.

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