THE WHALE NAMED FOR MOBY-DICK’S AUTHOR · teeth over a foot long
Hand-Painted Detail
Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.
Ready to Display
A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.
Long before today’s sperm whales dove for squid, their giant cousin Livyatan hunted other whales — with huge teeth in both jaws, some longer than a foot. Our figure throws that famous mouth wide open, every tooth hand-painted, on a crystal-blue splash that lifts the whale off its plinth.
A Leviathan, Respelled
Its discoverers first called it Leviathan, after the biblical sea monster, but that name was already taken by another animal. So it became Livyatan — the Hebrew spelling.
Hello, Mr. Melville
The species name melvillei honors Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick — a fitting tribute for a whale that probably hunted other whales.
Teeth in Both Jaws
Unlike the modern sperm whale, Livyatan had working teeth in its upper and lower jaws. Its largest known tooth is about 36 cm (14 in) long — among the largest teeth of any animal that used them to eat.
Found in a Desert
The skull was discovered in November 2008 in Peru’s Pisco Formation, a coastal desert that was seafloor millions of years ago, and described in 2010.
Craft & Specifications
| Line | Ancient Creatures, by Animal Heavenly Body |
| Approx. Size | Size to be confirmed |
| Material | Hand-painted resin |
| Display | Single figure — ready to display out of the box |
| SKU | AHB-ANC-01 |
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