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I think they probably did get really big. There are some cases of dead sperm whales washing up that have appeared to be attacked by giant squid. Coupled with th
by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I think they probably did get really big. There are some cases of dead sperm whales washing up that have appeared to be attacked by giant squid. Coupled with the fact that the oceans used to be teeming with life before commercial fishing I would imagine perfect availability would definitely get you some big squid.
This paper talks about fishery populations during WW2 when it was to dangerous to fish. So if you think about how many fish would be available, I imagine that you could have many giant ones roaming around.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929348/
- mkl 7y agoAs I understand it, the scars on sperm whales can be a bit misleading. Sperm whales feed on giant squid, and acquire sucker scars in the process when the squid resist. Very large sucker scars on adult sperm whales are thought to be acquired when the whales are younger and smaller, and to stretch as the whales grow.
- CodiePetersen 7y agoOh that makes sense.
- pvaldes 7y agoNot really, is a very interesting hypothese and very suggestive but whales release constantly the dead skin upper layers, as any other mammal. Cookie-cutter shark scars on the other hand are (probably) permanent.