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Amphicoelias — Odobenocetops peruvianus
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Published: 2014-11-21 02:40:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2021; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 5
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A male specimen of the "Walrus-face whale", measuring about two meters long and known not only by the males having tusks projected backwards, but also for having one of his tusks much longer than the other. Belongs to the superfamily of dolphins and is more related to narwhals.Related content
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Cool, I never heard of this extinct toothed whale before. I wonder what the point of 'em having tusks like that was for... XD
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Is believed it might have been used to search out food, or as a sensory organ like narwhal's tusks.
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