Even bigger than ‘The Meg’: This is how long the largest shark that ever lived was according to a new study
New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...
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Monster Megalodon sharks grew 80 feet with sleek bodies built for speed to rule seas
Led by Professor Kenshu Shimada of DePaul University, a team of 28 experts from around the world analyzed a nearly complete vertebral column of a megalodon found in Belgium. The g ...
Giant Megalodon super shark was actually more like a whale
Experts have said the prehistoric predator the Megaladon was a ‘sleeker’ creature than the one portrayed in the 2018 movie, where a beast akin to a great white shark wrought havoc in the ocean. Using ...
Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought
Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...
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Megalodon may have been much bigger than we thought
Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study suggests that the megalodon wasn't as stocky as the great white shark ...
Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought
If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...
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Megalodon's body size and form uncover why certain aquatic vertebrates can achieve gigantism
A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology ...
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When Megalodon Bit Megalodon: Fossilized Teeth Show Signs Of Shark-On-Shark Damage
More there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with ...
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The Massive Megalodon May Have Been Even Longer and Sleeker
(Image Courtesy of: Albert Kok) We’re gonna need a bigger shark size estimate. Researchers had based some informed guesses about just how massive the megalodon — a prehistoric giant fish that hunted ...
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Some Megalodons Reached 80 Feet—But They Weren’t Built Like Great Whites, Research Suggests
EvolutionIncarnate, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 15 million years before movies like Jaws and Open Water gave swimmers the heebie-jeebies, a prehistoric shark species called Otodus megalodon reached ...
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Megalodon grew to 80 FEET as shark’s ‘true form’ revealed for first time – and even babies were 13ft killing machines
The staggering size of the prehistoric killing machine ... would've looked more like a modern lemon shark. Scientists previously thought that the megalodon would've looked more like a great ...
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Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought
Unlike in “The Meg,” the prehistoric megalodon never coexisted ... megalodon fossils scientists have unearthed. As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes.