The ocean is so big and deep to the point that even researchers can't give an exact number of how deep and big the ocean is. What if in the deepest part of the ocean live a creature that we haven't seen before? I'm not talking about the Loch Ness Monster or the Megalodon, I'm talking about a creature you probably have never heard of, the Mosasaur.

According to Wikipedia, Mosasaurs comprise a group of extinct, large marine reptiles containing 40 genera in total. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. Mosasaurs probably evolved from an extinct group of aquatic lizards known as aigialosaurs in the Earliest Late Cretaceous. 

Now you know what is Mosasaur, let's proceed to the main topic...

What if Mosasaurus is still alive?

Let's head back to 2014, a British tourist guy spotted a strange creature while he was on the cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico and it became known as the "Carnival Cruise Monster" I don't actually know why they call it the Carnival Cruise Monster but anyways, the interviewers ask the tourist to describe what he saw and his discrimination sounded a lot like a long-extinct apex predator, the Mosasaur.

But as we all know, Mosasaur reaches its extinction billion years ago which killed three-quarters of the wildlife on earth then we'd definitely know about it. And if Mosasaur really does exist to this day, the ocean would be so different and of course, maybe we are not allowed to swim in the ocean. Not just that, if the Mosasaur still roaming the ocean, the Megalodon might never have existed, well because obviously, Mosasaur is 5 times bigger than Megalodon, they will be the top of the food chain.

But the question is, how can one animal have such a huge impact? Not just to the marine life but also to us?

Mosasaur was actually just a giant lizard, like the land-dwelling komodo dragons but a thousand times bigger and they just live in the deep ocean.

The Mosasaur's autonomy made them a dangerous predators.

Just imagine a lizard but a thousand times bigger with the double-hinged jaw of a snake, massive teeth, and a tail like a shark.

Mosasaur basically ate what they wanted such as, fish, dolphins, sharks, whales, or even another Mosasaurus.

There are actually fossils that were found over every continent, that includes Antarctica. That is the evidence that these lizard kings dominated the ocean a thousand years ago, or in the Cretaceous Period but not actually all of them were ferocious because some of the Mosasaur's species were 1 meter or 3 feet long. But how did they become so terrifying? The Mosasaur's ancestors were more like the marine iguanas living on the Galapagos island today.

In around 90 million years ago these lizards would explore the ocean to find food, at first they were just like stay in the shallow part of the ocean but as time goes by they started to swim in the deep ocean and make it their home. Because of the evolution of their body, especially their powerful tail vertebrae made them skilled and fast swimmers, which help them move further away from the shore. Like whales and dolphins, the Mosasaurs also remained close to the surface because they needed to come up for air.

And did you know? that it only took 27 million years for the Mosasaur of Jurassic Park to evolve? but of course, the Mosasaur in the movie was not very accurate.

If these species were alive today it would completely alter our ocean.

Maybe you're asking "Why would it change them?" and "How would it affect how we use our ocean?"

Some of the marine animals that we know today would probably not exist if the Mosasaur is still lurking in the ocean, because they wouldn't stand a chance against the kings of lizards, the Mosasaurs. The fish and mammals in our ocean would look and act differently than what they would look and act today because they would have adopted some special traits and methods to avoid the Mosasaurus. In fact, in a 2007 study found that the diversity of marine creatures over the past hundred and millions of years ago is directly tied to interactions between predators and prey. In short, our ocean would be more dangerous and scary than it is today so if you have Thalassophobia or fear of the ocean, it would only make it worse.

What about us, right? well as I already said, Mosasaurus would make the ocean much more dangerous for us humans, for instance, we would need much larger boats because small boats such as fishing boats would be swallowed by these creatures. Even ocean activities like sailing, fishing, swimming, and surfing would be so life-threatening.

Luckily, Mosasaurus does not exist today because if they did, I will not step closer to the ocean, Nah ah.

So that's it, I hope you like it and leave a comment if you have some thoughts, BYEBYE!

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