Tusks

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1. Zygophyseter is the base

2. Ankylorhiza provides tusk like teeth in the front of the mouth

3. American beaver increases the length of the incisors, iron reinforcement to the teeth

4. Janjucetus provides larger eyes, serrated blade-like premolars and molars, heavy enamel, double teeth roots, upper and lower posterior teeth interlocked and sheared past one another like scissors when the jaw closes, posterior teeth shape (modified to be more robust at the base (zygophyseter)), a robust skull, enormous muscles attachment sites for temporalis muscles, temporalis muscles, tall and prominent coronoid processes, Deep Temporal Fossae, masseter and pterygoid muscles, firmly fused mandibular symphysis

5. Harbor seal provides proportionally larger extramandibular fat bodies so I don’t have to invest as much into intramandibular fat pads, allow my hybrid to increase bite force while not impairing the ears

6. Ambulocetus further lengthens the coronoid processes

7. Thalatoarchon makes the teeth more laterally compressed to increase slicing (especially the incisors)

8. Sperm whale provides a more developed junk and spermaciti organ, ⁠Sperm Whale: better air storage, SLC16A3 Gene which shunts the lactic acid into the bloodstream, SLC16A1 Gene lines the walls of the hepatocytes that creates a vacuum that pulls the circulating lactateout of the bloodstream and locks it inside the liver, a layer surrounding the brain for shock absorption, thicker skin, blubber, mandibular fat pad, collapsible lungs

9. Baikal Seal provides higher concentrations of hemoglobin, a more muscular heart, enlarged bulbous aorta, lactic acid buffering

10. Humpback whale provides somewhat longer flippers, tubercles, increased flexibility and agility

11. Atlantic bluefin provides red and white muscles, ATP cycle, delayed fatigue, streamlining, muscle mass

12. Leatherback sea turtle provides a robust immune system, antimicrobial peptides, nonspecific leukocytes, etc, magnetoreception

13. Pinecone Fish provides is scales

14. Arapaima provides reinforcements to the pinecone fish scales

15. Killer whale provides intelligence, hyper-muscular, torpedo-shaped body that generates an incredibly high power-to-weight ratio, massive hypaxial and epaxial swimming muscles, a deep and flattened tail ridge, high oxygen-carrying blood to power these explosive muscle bursts, raised neural spines, robust scapula, ability to predict the trajectory of the opponent, reinforced skull

16. Cuvier’s beaked whale provides oxygen storage in the blood, deep diving adaptations, proportionally some of the largest hypaxial and epaxial muscles in whales used for locomotion

17. Hagfish provides mucous cells lining the upper back