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Giant monster Megalodon sharks lurking in our oceans: be serious Megalodon is known from its huge fossil teeth, the largest being 18 centimetres long, found nearly all around the globe in fossil marine deposits. It lived from about 16 million to 2.6 million years ago.
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A rare 15-foot megamouth shark washed up on a Philippines beach The specimen discovered in Albay was nicknamed Toothless for it's resemblance to the fictional creature in the How to Train Your Dragon series. Toothless is the 15th individual megamouth shark discovered in the Philippines and has been preserved on ice for study. Post by Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines.
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Megalodon Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful fish to have ever lived, fossil remains of megalodon suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 meters (59 ft). Their large jaws could exert a bite force of up to 108,500 to 182,200 newtons (24,390 to 40,960 lb f).
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Megalodon Sharks still lives!! Evidence that MEGALODON is not extinct. Is a 60-foot prehistoric shark named Megalodon still out there? Sightings of massive sharks around the world suggest to some that it's possible. Megalodon Shark Sightings
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Megalodon, Could this Monster Shark Still Exist Today? With over 20 meters (60 ft) in length, Megalodon wasn’t just 4 times the size of a great white – it was also the largest predator to ever swim the open seas, period! This mega shark was the absolute apex predator during the Miocene and Pliocene epoch – as it ruled the seas for more then 16 million years.
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Jaw-dropping! Largest prehistoric Megalodon shark jaw ever assembled up for auction The 16-metre long Megalodon shark, which died out 1.5million years ago, was once the true king of the ocean, weighing an awesome 100 tons. It took famed fossil hunter Vito 'Megalodon' Bertucci almost 20 years to reconstruct the jaw, the largest ever assembled and which measures 11ft across and is almost 9ft tall.
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- 1 The Megalodon is believed to have gone extinct 2.6 million years ago. 2  Megalodon adapted several hunting strategies to batter and disable large prey. 3  Large marine mammals such as whales and sea cows were common prey. 4  Renaissance Europeans believed megalodon teeth to be the ancient tongues of dragons and snakes.
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- Since then, scientists have found hundreds of fossilized Megalodon teeth and spinal segments known as centra. Because a shark’s skeleton is made up of cartilage, which dissolves quickly in ocean water, these are the only Megalodon remains that have survived over millions of years.
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- Megalodon, the biggest shark to ever prowl the seas, got bigger over its evolutionary history, and its big size may have made it more prone to extinction. Megalodon, the biggest shark to ever prowl the seas, got bigger over its evolutionary history, and its big size may have made it more prone to extinction. News Tech
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Megalodon Sightings: Is the Megalodon Shark Still Alive? At a maximum length of up to 60 feet, the Megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived, a wrecking machine of teeth and muscle that preyed on adult whales. It's hard to imagine there could still be a viable population of such creatures out there somewhere, living undetected.
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Rare 15ft megamouth shark washes up on Philippines beach [Photos] The 15ft creature washed ashore in Pio Duran, Albay and was the 15th megamouth found in the Philippines – the last one was found in Donsol in 2009 and was eaten by locals, the Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines said.
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10 Interesting Facts About Megalodon Megalodon's Closest Living Relative is the Great White Shark. A Great White Shark having its lunch (Wikimedia Commons). Technically, Megalodon is known as Carcharodon megalodon --meaning it's a species (Megalodon) of a larger shark genus (Carcharodon). Also technically, the modern Great White Shark is known as Carcharodon carcharias, meaning it belongs to the same genus as Megalodon.
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Rare 15ft megamouth shark washes up on Philippines beach [Photos] With its huge bulbous head and 50 rows of teeth, the bizarre-looking shark was first discovered in 1976. The latest specimen was average in size, with most growing between about 13 and 18ft. Nonus Enolvus, who is involved in the preservation of the animal, said the male megamouth shark is now being stored on ice for further examination and final preservation. The Philippine government is currently working to prepare a specialised aquarium where it can be preserved.
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The Real Megalodon: Prehistoric Shark Behind Doc Uproar If you picture a megalodon as a 50-foot [16-meter] great white, you're well on your way to what this animal was probably like, Shiffman said. Mysterious Disappearance. For reasons that are still unclear, megalodon went extinct about 2 million years ago, during the middle Miocene era.
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Where Do Hammerhead Sharks Live? Credit: Allie_Caulfield CC-BY-2.0. The hammerhead is a migratory shark that is distributed widely around the world. In the United States, it can be found in the waters along the Atlantic coastline all the way to Florida and around to the Gulf of Mexico. In the Pacific, this shark can be found from California through Mexico and southward to Peru. It is also found in the Caribbean region, in the Mediterranean Sea from Senegal to Morocco and in the Indian Ocean from French Polynesia to New Caledonia.
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Filmmakers spot Deep Blue, capture amazing footage of huge shark You might not be brave enough to dive with this 20-foot-long shark, but filmmakers have. And the footage is incredible. Deep Blue, believed to be the largest ever filmed, was found near Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, a volcanic island that lies approximately 150 miles off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.
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Megalodon Sharks still lives!! Evidence that MEGALODON is not extinct. This beast eluded researchers for so long because it lives in deep water, and comes closer to the surface only at night. This, some researchers speculate, could be the same behavior that makes Megalodon so tough to spot in modern times.
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Recommended Books about the Megalodon Shark: This is a popular piece of evidence used. However, there have NEVER been any recent megalodon teeth found. The most recent ones are still over 2 million years old. The evidence of recent megalodon teeth being found started in the 1950's.
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10 Killer Megalodon Shark Facts Compare that to the Great White shark whose teeth reached a maximum size of under 3 inches in the largest individuals. Reconstructions of the Megalodon’s jaw suggest they may have been up to 7 feet across.
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Megalodon Shark Facts and Information: The Details Some Megalodon shark teeth found have over a 7 inch slant height. Fossil teeth are more commonly between 3 and 5 inches. With that said, no one is sure what the body of the megalodon shark looked like. Therefore it is difficult to say how big the megalodon shark could get.
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Now THATâS a big set of jaws! Rarely-spotted megamouth shark washes up on Philippine beach Rarely-spotted megamouth shark washes up on Philippine beach. 1  The 15-foot shark was found dead on the beach in Marigondon, Pio Duran. 2  It's only the 66th megamouth shark ever seen, according to experts. 3  Nicknamed 'Toothless', the shark was preserved in ice by local villagers.
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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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10 Interesting Facts About Megalodon Jeff Rotman/Getty Images. Megalodon didn't earn its name (giant tooth) for nothing. The teeth of this prehistoric shark were serrated, heart-shaped, and over half a foot long (by comparison, the biggest teeth of a Great White Shark only measure about three inches long).
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Jaw-dropping! Largest prehistoric Megalodon shark jaw ever assembled up for auction The 16-metre long Megalodon shark, which died out 1.5million years ago, was once the true king of the ocean, weighing an awesome 100 tons. 1  Big bite: It took famed fossil hunter Vito Bertucci almost 20 years to reconstruct this Megalodon shark's jaw, which measures 11ft across and is almost 9ft tall.