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PRE-HISTORIC SEA MONSTER ‘MORE FEROCIOUS’ THAN TYRANNOSAURUS REX

Forget T. Rex. Meet Predator X.

A 45-ton pre-historic sea monster described as “the most ferocious hunter” to ever swim the oceans boasted dagger-like teeth and a bite 10 times as strong as that of the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The fossil remains of the huge creature – dubbed “Predator X” – were dug up last year on Svalbard, a Norwegian island close to the North Pole, researchers said.

An analysis of the beast, which measured at least 50-feet long, revealed that it was a turbo-charged swimmer – using its front flippers to cruise comfortably and hind flippers for extra acceleration when it needed to nab its prey.

The announcement of the reptile’s discovery came Monday, about 150 million years after it ruled the seas, in Oslo by researcher Jorn Hurum.

He said some 20,000 fragments have been recovered, including most of the jaw.

“It was the most ferocious hunter ever,” said Hurum. “It’s like a turbo-charged predator. This is a very, very large carnivore.”

Measurements of its jaw show that it could bite down with a force of 33,000 pounds per square inch – compared with T. rex’s 3,000-pound per square inch.

Alligators have the strongest bite today with 2,500 pounds per square inch.

The History Channel plans to air a two-hour special on Predator X on March 29 at 8 p.m.