What is the Predator X? | Planet Dinosaur | BBC Earth

more than 15 metres long and weighing about 45 tons this is the most powerful marine reptile ever discovered [Music] twice as big as most Jurassic ocean predators this is predator X an animal that must go down in history as one of the oceans most deadly hunters [Music] and its prey like Camarasaurus that are in its sights [Music] [Music] skull analysis of giant killers like Predator X suggests that they hunted their prey by smell channeling water through special internal nostrils allowing them to silently hone in on their target [Music] by analyzing their Anatomy we've calculated the predator X can move up to 5 m/s fractionally faster than the camera soros [Music] the camera soars only defense is to head for the refuge of shallow water [Music] this time predator X's size works against him unable to hunt efficiently in shallow water means that the Camarasaurus can use this as a refuge

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Length: 2min 51sec (171 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 21 2013