Giant 9-foot ‘super salmon’ with ‘tusk-like teeth’ to fight predators 15 million years ago found in U.S. is largest ever

AN ENORMOUS salmon species that swam as far back as 15 million years ago had giant tusk-like teeth.

The so-called “spike-toothed salmon” may have grown to a staggering 8.9 feet – dwarfing any human.

SWNSThis giant salmon was swimming between 12 and 15 million years ago[/caption] SWNSThe spike-toothed salmon would’ve been bigger than any human alive today[/caption]

It would have lived in what today is the North American Pacific Northwest.

Scientists say the official name is Oncorhynchus rastrosus...