Who is the strongest marine creature? A review of the strongest marine creatures in history. The overlord of the ocean needs to have both offensive and defensive capabilities.

The ocean is the cradle of life. Life is born in the ocean and develops in the ocean. Whether in ancient times or in the contemporary world, the species of organisms in the ocean are very complex. So who is the strongest creature in the ocean?

When it comes to the top predators in today's oceans, we immediately think of two: the great white shark and the killer whale. The great white shark is a large and ferocious shark of the genus Carcharodon carcharhinus. The body length of an adult great white shark can reach 6 meters, and some individuals can even reach 8 meters, and the weight is close to one ton. Killer whales belong to the genus Orca of the family Delphinidae. The body length of an adult killer whale is also about 8 meters. The largest record currently achieved is 9.75 meters, and the weight is as high as 5.5 tons. So, compared with the great white shark and the killer whale, who is more powerful? Of course, it is the killer whale. First of all, in terms of size, the great white shark is no match for the killer whale. Secondly, although the great white shark swims very fast, in terms of comprehensive athletic ability, the killer whale is still better.

Why are killer whales more athletic than great white sharks? Because killer whales have a natural physical advantage over great white sharks.

Killer whales are mammals that breathe with lungs, while great white sharks are fish that breathe with gills. The difference in breathing methods determines that killer whales have a higher oxygen utilization efficiency, so their athletic ability is naturally stronger. In terms of athletic ability, great white sharks are not as good as killer whales, and their defensive ability is also slightly inferior, because great white sharks are cartilaginous fish, and their bones provide weak protection for their internal organs. Finally, killer whales have high IQs and are extremely social. Facing a family of killer whales, great white sharks have no ability to fight back, so great white sharks are rarely seen in the waters where killer whales are present.

Killer whales are undoubtedly the overlords of the modern ocean. So in the history of the earth, which other creatures have once dominated the ocean? Who is the real strongest creature in the ocean?

The first generation of overlords that appeared in the Earth's oceans should be Anomalocaris. Born in the Cambrian period, Anomalocaris was the first creature in the history of life on Earth to evolve eyes. In an era when most creatures had not yet evolved true eyes, being the first to have eyes was equivalent to having a great advantage. As a result, Anomalocaris developed rapidly and soon dominated the Cambrian oceans. From the appearance, Anomalocaris is covered with armor and has predatory appendages covered with 32 spikes at the front. It looks like it has both offensive and defensive capabilities, but in fact its strength is still limited. Although Anomalocaris can dominate the Cambrian period, it is slightly inferior to the ocean overlords that appeared later.

First of all, the Anomalocaris was not very big, only about 1 meter long. Secondly, although it looked like it was wearing armor, the armor was actually the same as the chitinous carapace of modern insects, which was very thin, so it only took one step to kill the Anomalocaris.

In the Ordovician period, mollusks emerged, and a new generation of ocean overlords appeared, which was Cornerstone. Cornerstone belongs to the nautilus mollusk, and it looks like a squid with a shell. Compared with the chitinous shell of Anomalocaris, the shell of Cornerstone is the real deal. When hunting prey, Cornerstone will use powerful tentacles to restrain the prey, push it to the mouth, and then bite it to pieces with two hard beaks. However, Cornerstone, which has both offensive and defensive capabilities, loses in mobility. Although it is a mollusk, its body length reaches an astonishing 9 meters, which makes it inconvenient for them to turn.

As the dominant ocean species in the Ordovician period, cornerstones had no real natural enemies and often died at their own hands. Because of their long bodies, they would accidentally crash into reefs when moving or turning at high speeds, resulting in vehicle destruction and death.

So we can no longer see this kind of pointed and long nautilus-like creatures. The shells of the later generations of nautilus are all spiral-shaped. The ocean is still the world of fish. After a long evolution, in the Devonian period, fish finally ushered in the moment of dominating the ocean. A powerful fish creature with both offensive and defensive capabilities appeared, and it was the Dunkleosteus. The Dunkleosteus was extremely large, with a body length similar to that of the cornerstone, which could reach 9 meters, but its weight was far from comparable to that of the cornerstone. The weight of the Dunkleosteus could reach 4 tons.

Dunkleosteus is recognized as the first generation king of bite force, with a maximum bite force of 755 kg. We can compare it with the modern land king, the tiger, whose bite force is 480 kg. Dunkleosteus is far superior to the tiger.

Dunkleosteus not only has strong attack power, but also has strong defense power. It has hard armor, so it is also called placoderm. If it were not for the sudden deterioration of the environment, such a powerful creature would have almost no chance of extinction. So if Dunkleosteus is alive today, which one would be the strongest creature in the ocean, it or the killer whale? In terms of body size, the two are not much different, and in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, Dunkleosteus is undoubtedly better, but this does not mean that Dunkleosteus will definitely be able to defeat the killer whale. Because the killer whale is not only physically flexible, but more importantly, it has a very high IQ. The overlord of the ocean certainly needs to be both offensive and defensive, but wisdom is the real king.

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