Would a sperm whale or a killer whale stand a chance against a Mosasaurus?
Both whales are known to be very good at defending themselves and also fighting. Of course the Mosasaurus is a prehistoric hunter and has been extinct for a long time, but would either whale have a chance in a fight against this prehistoric colossus?
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Orcas might have had a chance in the group. Orcas are very wise animals and can coordinate their hunting. If she kept away from the mouth of the mosasaur and bit him again and again, they could hurt him so much that he died. Orcas are definitely wiser than mosasaurs. At Sperm Whale and Mosasauier, they might have had a chance, but probably they would have avoided.
Just Orcas never hunt big predators. As you write yourself very wise, they would be able to estimate a Mosasaurus as a danger to their lives and get out of the way. Certainly, they would not fight with him until death, as we are still talking about animals and no perverted and bloodthirsty sea monsters.
As a rule, all large predators always go out large-scale, unless they regard each other as prey. Conflicts are rarely resolved with violence, and with deadly as good as not at all. Even in an escalation of violence, a struggle is barely fought for life and death as soon as one of the contravenes gives up and takes the flight, the winner will no longer act aggressively. Thus, such hypothetical animal-gladiator struggles are not only completely illogical because of the temporal anachronism, but also because animals now do not slaughter each other for pleasure. And even if it comes to a fight with a fatal outcome, the exit can never be predicted universally – sometimes one wins, sometimes the other.
In addition, a Mosasaurus was not a bloody sea monster, but a normal animal. He wasn't more aggressive to me than a whale and only attacked when he was hungry, or if he thought to defend his territory or his offspring.
A large pottery whale would probably be blurred by any mosasaurus, since they are much larger and more powerful. Maybe a young calf would be questioned as a prey for him, only walkers are very well protected by their mothers. Between Orcas and Mosasaurs, however, it would never come to battle because the Orcas would be wise enough not to attack with a Mosasaurus and simply get out of the dust.
Yes, that is true, but the Mosasaurus could still try if he had died severely or even protected his young ones which he definitely did.
There are no fossil findings about the social life of a Mosasauru. As close relatives of the monitor lizards and snakes, however, he could have been a cannibal who had his boys abandoned very early and even eaten them himself if they didn't get safe enough.
Well, after weak young people, sometimes a strong Mosasaurus, happiness is not so
Not anymore. What may seem cruel and meaningless at first glance is very often a meaningful survival strategy. Cannibalism is selection: only the weak and slow boys are eaten, which increases the chances for the stronger and faster boys as they take away the competition.
The mosasaurs have died due to a biochemical chain reaction at the end of the chalk time, as caused by a massive meteorite attack, overacidified the seas, which destroyed the calcareous shells of the zooplankton, but also marine animals such as the ammonites, thus making their stock extremely reduced. The light-dependent phytoplankton also died through months of darkness, so that the entire base of the marine food chain broke away. This had an effect on all animals, especially on them with a high metabolic rate, and the mosasaurs were among the first to stare at that time – but not because of their reproductive behavior, but because of their position in the food chain they led.
Could also be a reason for their extinction
would have, bicycle chain…
Don't you think so?
Animals do not fight for fun, they are not as stupid as some people. You know how to get out of the way unless one of them is food. But then he has already lost, because the weaker and also the stronger knows that.
It is suspected that, in addition to a change in the habitat, something else has led to the extinction of Mosasaurus and other ancient whales. The anatomy is closed, the archaic whales were not as fast and agile as their successor. Power and size alone is not everything. A Mosasaurus would probably not be able to catch an orca because it is too fast and too agile. Even potty whales are very fast and agile despite their size.
I believe that a large whale for the Mosasaurus ( 12 – 15 m ) would not be tangible – but of course not
A big shark wouldn't have a chance to eat
I wish you all the best.