Massive Ancient Armored Fish Fed Like A Basking Shark
New research release in the journalRoyal Society Open Sciencereveals the giant armored fishTitanichthysprobably fed in a similar style to forward-looking - daybasking sharks . The leviathan filtered the oceans 380 million years ago , feeding on petite plankton in a strategy call " continuous random access memory alimentation " . uninterrupted ram feeding sees modern - day basking shark sweep through the H2O with theirenormous mouths agape , which can be around 1 meter ( 3 feet ) astray ....