{"id":43419,"date":"2025-08-13T11:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-species-of-deceptively-cute-but-fearsome-ancient-whale-named-after-local-who-found-its-skull-on-beach\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:34:16","slug":"new-species-of-deceptively-cute-but-fearsome-ancient-whale-named-after-local-who-found-its-skull-on-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-species-of-deceptively-cute-but-fearsome-ancient-whale-named-after-local-who-found-its-skull-on-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"New species of &#8220;deceptively cute&#8221; but fearsome ancient whale named after local who found its skull on beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Australian scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying Wednesday the species was &#8220;deceptively cute&#8221; but a fearsome predator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/museumsvictoria.com.au\/article\/big-eyes-sharp-teeth-baby-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Museums Victoria<\/a> pieced together the species from an unusually well-preserved skull fossil found on Victoria&#8217;s Surf Coast in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/zoolinnean\/article\/204\/4\/zlaf090\/8231955?searchresult=1#529009447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">study published Tuesday<\/a>, scientists say they discovered a &#8220;fast, sharp-toothed predator&#8221; that would have been about the size of a dolphin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s essentially a little whale with big eyes and a mouth full of sharp, slicing teeth,&#8221; said researcher Ruairidh Duncan. &#8220;Imagine the shark-like version of a baleen whale \u2014 small and deceptively cute, but definitely not harmless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Museums Victoria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=48PFqGW6zZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released a video<\/a> showing Duncan discuss the discovery and how researchers were able to identify the species.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/13\/e4f4184d-7ce3-44ba-9c53-50abd556f159\/thumbnail\/620x451\/9814d7c5b824b0d573abeb7b6b3f366b\/whale-screenshot-2025-08-13-072143.png#\" alt=\"whale-screenshot-2025-08-13-072143.png \" height=\"451\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/13\/e4f4184d-7ce3-44ba-9c53-50abd556f159\/thumbnail\/620x451\/9814d7c5b824b0d573abeb7b6b3f366b\/whale-screenshot-2025-08-13-072143.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Janjucetus dullardi\u00a0calf and mother swimming through the shallow seas off Victoria, 25 million years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Art by Ruairidh Duncan\/Museums Victoria<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The skull belonged to a group of prehistoric whales known as the mammalodontids, distant smaller relatives of today&#8217;s filter-feeding whales.<\/p>\n<p>It is the fourth mammalodontid species ever discovered, Museums Victoria said. And it is the third to be identified in Victoria following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/a-cornucopia-of-tiny-bizarre-whales-used-to-live-in-australian-waters-heres-one-of-them-262806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">discoveries in 2006 and 1939<\/a>, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This fossil opens a window into how ancient whales grew and changed, and how evolution shaped their bodies as they adapted to life in the sea,&#8221; said palaeontologist Erich Fitzgerald, who co-authored the study.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s Surf Coast lies on the Jan Juc Formation \u2014 a geological feature dating to the Oligocene epoch between 23 and 30 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A string of rare fossils have been unearthed along the scenic stretch of beach, a renowned site for the study of early whale evolution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This region was once a cradle for some of the most unusual whales in history, and we&#8217;re only just beginning to uncover their stories,&#8221; said Fitzgerald. &#8220;We&#8217;re entering a new phase of discovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This region is rewriting the story of how whales came to rule the oceans, with some surprising plot twists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-08-13\/victorian-researchers-discover-new-species-of-ancient-whale\/105646740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fitzgerald told the ABC<\/a> the whale was unique to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they were alive today, they would be as iconically Australian as a kangaroo,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The species was named Janjucetus dullardi, a nod to local Ross Dullard who stumbled across the skull while strolling the beach in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It was described in the peer-reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/zoolinnean\/article\/204\/4\/zlaf090\/8231955?searchresult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery 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