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Does Megalodon Still Live? Recent evidence strongly suggests that megalodon is not closely related to the modern White Shark and it is my suspicion that it probably didn't look much like it, either. But, barring an actual fresh specimen turning up, we'll never know for sure. Megalodon is the toothy stuff of which legends are made. There are those who want desperately to believe that somewhere, perhaps in the deep ocean, Megalodon still lives. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to support such beliefs.
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- The color of fossil Megalodon teeth has nothing to do with the original color of it’s teeth which would have been white like modern day shark teeth. The color comes from the minerals that replaced the tooth during the fossilization process or leached into the tooth post fossilization.
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MEGALODON: THE PREHISTORIC WORLD'S WORST NIGHTMARE Megalodon went extinct 2.6 million years ago, but our fascination with the largest shark that ever lived is timeless. Meet the largest predator in vertebrate history.
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10 Interesting Facts About Megalodon So Megalodon was huge, relentless, and the apex predator of the Pliocene and Miocene epochs. What went wrong? Well, this giant shark may have been doomed by global cooling (which culminated in the last Ice Age), or by the gradual disappearance of the giant whales that constituted the bulk of its diet.
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- So powerful it could have crushed a car in one bite, mighty megalodon was truly terrifying. By Nicole Tocco | for Action. It is 3 million years ago, long before humans roam the Earth. Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, a lone whale swims.
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25 Bizarre Prehistoric Animals That Are Alive Today Share on Google. Share on Pinterest. We have already published a few posts about some of the weirdest, largest or most dangerous dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures that went extinct millions years ago but in fact, some of these ancient animals are still around.ith no or just little changes to their prehistoric appearance and behavior, some of these creatures can be found even in the modern world. From scary descendants of deep-sea prehistoric sharks to a 120 million-year-old ant, check out these 25 prehistoric animals that are alive today.
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The Real Megalodon: Prehistoric Shark Behind Doc Uproar Dr. Jeremiah Clifford, who specializes in fossil reconstruction, holds the jaws of a large great white shark while standing in the reconstructed jaws of a megalodon—a shark from the Miocene era that grew upwards of 50 feet long.
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Megalodon Compared with At a length of more than 50 feet (15 metres) and a mass of nearly 50 tons (tonnes), Megalodon was both larger and heavier than Tyrannosaurus rex.* In fact, Megalodon is the largest predatory fish that ever lived and is second only to the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) as the largest predator our planet has ever produced.
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Shark Week 2016: Why Is âMegalodonâ Not Playing On Discovery Channel? In 2013, shark fans were angered after “Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives” aired during Shark Week. The show, which became Discovery Channel’s most-watched Shark Week special in history, was about the possibility that the giant megalodon shark was still alive.
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- While experts aren’t certain of the cause of Megalodon’s extinction, they unanimously agree that this prehistoric mega-shark is no longer around. Scientists have several theories to explain why Megalodon went extinct. The most popular theory is that the warm, shallow seas where Megalodon hunted dried up and disappeared.
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Now THATâS a big set of jaws! Rarely-spotted megamouth shark washes up on Philippine beach Scroll down for video. Fishermen use a stretcher with steels bars to carry a rare megamouth shark, which was found dead on a beach in the Phillipines. The Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines said the shark is being stored in an ice plant until a necropsy can be performed.
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10 Killer Megalodon Facts As the joke would go, it was a 60 foot shark, it could eat whatever it wanted. But, what does the fossil record show that the Megalodon really ate? Fossil evidence shows that the Megalodon primarily fed on large marine mammals including whales, dolphins, sea lions, dugongs (sea cows), as well as sea turtles and large fish.
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- Megalodon went extinct 2.6 million years ago, but our fascination with the largest shark that ever lived is timeless. Meet the largest predator in vertebrate history. Megalodon Was Three Times As Long As The Largest Great White.
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Megamouth Shark Pictures Its pattern of behavior, staying at a depth of 50 feet during the night, then diving to 500 feet at dawn, would indicate it is a vertical migratory over a 24 hour span. NEWS-April 7, 2009 - A 13 foot long megamouth shark was caught by Phillipine fishermen, and died while struggling in their fishing net. It was taken to Donsoi where World Wildlife Fund officials were unable to persuade the fishermen not to eat this very rare species.
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Other Methods of Determining the Length of a Megalodon Shark Because of this, paleontologists cannot directly measure the size of a megalodon. However, they can compare the preserved parts to living sharks, such as the Great White and Mako sharks. This is one of the largest megalodon teeth. It has a 7 1/4 (184 mm) slant height.
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Largest, biggest, longest sharks â Top 10 Bloodthirstiness of sharks captivate our imagination. Now we present a ranking of the largest sharks of the modern world. Therefore, you will not find on the list the largest shark of all time – Megalodon that whales ate for breakfast :), because it already gave up the ghost for good 2.6 million years ago. Even if you believe that the Megalodon is still alive, we ensure you that for a long time this shark is no longer on Earth.
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The Real Megalodon: Prehistoric Shark Behind Doc Uproar A Prehistoric Monster. It's easy to understand why Discovery chose megalodon to kick off this year's Shark Week, though. Growing to an estimated length of over 50 feet (16 meters), megalodon—literally megatooth—resembled something out of a prehistoric nightmare and has no modern equivalents in terms of size.
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When Did Megalodon Disappear From The Oceans? When Did Megalodon Disappear From The Oceans? Around 28 million years ago, the largest shark to have ever lived on Earth roamed the seas, tearing apart large marine mammals such as whales and dolphins. Measuring up to 18 meters in length, armed with teeth up to 7 inches long, the iconic Carcharocles megalodon (“Megalodon”) was a formidable predator.
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Last Pinta giant tortoise Lonesome George dies Media caption Lonesome George, a giant tortoise, was believed to be the last of his subspecies. Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old. Park officials said they would carry out a post-mortem to determine the cause of his death.
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Megalodon Sightings: Is the Megalodon Shark Still Alive? Some of them, like the Megalodon shark, were once thought extinct, or believed to only be myths. Megamouth Shark: The incredible Megamouth Shark is another huge sea creature that can grow up to nearly 20 feet in length, but it was not discovered until 1976.
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- 1 While the Megalodon likely looked like a gigantic version of the Great White shark it is not closely related and is probably a chronospecies whose line split from other sharks nearly 60 million years ago.
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Megalodon vs Mosasaurus: Who would win? While a similar length, the Megalodon had a much more robust body and huge jaws built for devouring whales and other large marine mammals. A Mosasaurus would not have been able to get its jaws around the much thicker body of the Megalodon. It would just take one catastrophic bite for the Megalodon to end the battle.
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The mighty blue whale would be just a snack to this giant mega shark Scientists show that Megalodon would eat baleen whales A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History reveals that the ancient and giant shark Megalodon-which could reach sizes in upwards ... Scientists show that Megalodon would eat baleen whales A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History reveals that the ancient and giant shark Megalodon-which could reach sizes in upwards ...
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- The Megalosaurus was capable of even killing large sauropods and it was believed to be a fierce hunter. 1  These theropods were believed to be quite intelligent when compared to other dinosaurs of their time. 2  Intelligence in paleontology was however measured by the ratio of the weight of the brain to the body weight.
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Megalodon C. megalodon teeth are morphologically similar to the teeth of the great white shark, and on the basis of this observation, Agassiz assigned C. megalodon to the genus Carcharodon. While the scientific name is C. megalodon, it is often informally dubbed the megatooth shark, giant white shark or monster shark.
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VIDEO: Is this 'Jaws' a real life Megalodon or just world's biggest Great White Shark? The latest sighting of her was in water near Mexico's Guadalupe Island. It is estimated at 50 years old and thought to be one of the biggest in the world today. The shark, who is estimated to be around 50 years old, is believed to be one of the largest great white sharks ever seen.