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Ancient 400-Pound Salmon Fought With Dagger-Like Teeth
Fox News ^ | November 04, 2016 | Kacey Deamer

Posted on 11/04/2016 4:02:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Giant, spike-toothed salmon that weighed almost 400 lbs. once made their home in the ancient coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean, according to new research.

The now-extinct salmon species spawned in California rivers approximately 11 million to 5 million years ago, the scientists said. The fish measured up to 9 feet long, with spike-like teeth that were more than 1 inch long. Though its dagger-like teeth could have been deadly for prey, the ancient salmon was probably a filter feeder rather than a predatory species, meaning the fish took in water full of plankton as it swam, as modern Pacific salmon do, they added.

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TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology; salmon

1 posted on 11/04/2016 4:02:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess Global warming, or climate change killed them off.


2 posted on 11/04/2016 4:05:37 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: nickcarraway

"Check the teeth on this one! Ontario angler @ydojsmith with a monster looking shot of a chin! #chinook #salmon #salmonfishing #salmonrun #river #riverfishing #floatfishing #centerpin #flyfishing #fish"

http://www.photosjoy.com/tag/salmonfishing

3 posted on 11/04/2016 4:07:38 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: nickcarraway

Filter feeders don’t have teeth !!!


4 posted on 11/04/2016 4:12:24 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: nickcarraway

Come here, Yogi. The next one is 400 pounds.

5 posted on 11/04/2016 4:17:23 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: BwanaNdege

Those samlon eventually become Grendels.


6 posted on 11/04/2016 4:28:19 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: nickcarraway

Why is all the really cool stuff already extinct?


7 posted on 11/04/2016 4:43:00 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: GingisK

Very dangerous when on “Speed”


8 posted on 11/04/2016 4:45:45 PM PDT by 75thOVI ("The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". Sir Arthur Wilson)
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To: Ed Condon
Sheesh. Can you imagine how many people that thing could have fed?

I'm a huge fish eater (currently chomping on some tilapia right now) and salmon is one of my favorites - especially when it's grilled.

9 posted on 11/04/2016 4:56:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trump that Beyotch!)
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To: nickcarraway

Somehow I can’t picture 9 ft. long salmon traversing the Pacific feeder rivers to spawn..........or any rivers for that matter.


10 posted on 11/04/2016 5:01:43 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Why is all the really cool stuff already extinct?

LOL! It does seem everything extinct was bigger and badder. 400 pound salmon. Saber Tooth Tigers. T-Rex.

11 posted on 11/04/2016 5:08:55 PM PDT by Flick Lives (Voting Trump. It is not just a vote, it is a chance to burn down the rotten Uniparty.)
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To: nickcarraway

Your going to need a bigger stream.


12 posted on 11/04/2016 5:11:05 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Flick Lives

“LOL! It does seem everything extinct was bigger and badder. 400 pound salmon. Saber Tooth Tigers. T-Rex.”

If it helps, we did get Oprah and Rosie O’Donnel


13 posted on 11/04/2016 6:22:28 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: 75thOVI

Indeed. I heard that you cam make then do that too early.


14 posted on 11/04/2016 6:54:46 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

Aaah, Beowulf!


15 posted on 11/04/2016 8:11:24 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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This topic was posted 11/4/2016, thanks nickcarraway.

16 posted on 02/27/2022 9:05:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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