A six-year-old boy has found a shark tooth belonging to a giant prehistoric megalodon that could be up to 20 million years old. ould Megalodon sharks still be alive in the deepest parts of the ocean? Megalodon was three times the size of the largest Great White Sharks! cryptid (author) from USA on August 05, 2018: The Meg with Jason Statham is set for release on August 10, 2018. This creature was easily 20' longer than my boat. These jaws made the megalodon shark the most powerful predator in the ancient oceans. All rights reserved. The shark of paleontology can be studied by looking at the fossil record and living sharks in order to puzzle out what the real megalodon may have been like. Visible from the river, it practically gave them a wave by all accounts. The megalodon went extinct near the Pliocene era's end, when planet Earth went through a phase of cooling. Encased in rock-hard enamel, teeth are more easily preserved . Its impossible to know for sure, and because shark skeletons are made of cartilage, not bone, we have no megalodon bones to reference for bite marks. Megalodon is out there somewhere, I mean even if there's not an actual "megalodon shark" that doesn't mean that there is none For instance, scientists believe that megalodon closely resembles our modern day great white sharks with the main difference being the tremendous size of the megalodon. the megalodon is still alive in the bermuda triangle, i vote on the possibility of the megalodon in the deep after all we have discovered more of the moon then our oceans. A 52.5-foot-long megalodon likely had a head 15.3 feet long, a dorsal fin approximately 5.3 feet tall and a tail around 12.6 feet high, the scientists found. But when and where has the megalodon been spotted? I believe that Megalodon still exists in the deeper end of the oceans. So therefore, I think the megalodon still exists deep down about 12,000 meters But, We still have only discovered 5% of the ocean, so It doesn't have to be all the way down, Just a theory. 6-foot megalodon shark babies were cannibals in the womb, study says. Georgia man Matthew Basak unearthed a 6.45 inch megalodon tooth at a South Carolina construction site. Megalodon killer shark may have been wiped out by great whites. To put this in perspective, a very large great white shark may reach an adult length of 20 feet. Your article was extremely informative. The Extinction of the Meg. EU and US block plans to protect world's fastest shark, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Certainly, we know that whales and giant squids venture very deep, so it is conceivable that megalodon would have the food it requires. A new study shows that the gigantic Megalodon or megatooth shark, which lived nearly worldwide roughly 15-3.6 million years ago and reached at least 50 feet (15 meters) in length, gave birth to . After a reported 10 minutes of exploration they found what they were looking for and it proved more than they bargained for to boot! megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, and the evolution of lamniform thermophysiology. Despite the claims, no physical evidence has been found to support the hypothesis that C megalodon is still around. Usually, as is the case with the Coelacanth, there is a small remnant population somewhere that had gone unnoticed, at least by modern science. The giant shark species, which went extinct approximately 3.6 million years ago, could reach 60 feet in length. We know so little about the ocean and it's creatures that there is a great chance. Still waiting for the MEG movie with Jason Stattums!!!! 2021, Sci-fi/Action, 1h 26m . I believe it is still alive, just about 30-35 feet long. As stated many times, we havent explored much of our oceans, and their could definitely be some kind of massive animal out there. His fright escalates when see how far apart the dorsal fin and the upper lobe are from one another.. As always I learned a bunch from shark week. For Robert R Wynn , the black and white photo that you are mentioning unfortunatley is a fake , I know of which picture you are referring to because it was an obsession for me for awhile until I read something online or watched a you tube video about the picture but I belive that Megs still exist anything is possible. Mon 11 Jan 2021 00.00 EST Last modified on Mon 11 Jan 2021 00.01 EST. Yay! What if they can survive cold, but do better in warmer water, and us heating the planet up is just making better conditions for it? There is more than enough mystery to them to satisfy a curious, hungry mind. The person whos comment you rejected on November 20, 2017: Why didnt you authorize and publicly post my comment? The giant prehistoric Carcharocles megalodon (or Otodus megalodon for some researchers) was the largest predatory shark to ever swim in earth's seas. Legal Statement. Its actually Greenland sharks their massive almost as large as megaladons. An animal that evolved to feed on large marine mammals would have a tough time switching to oceanic fish, for example. Scientists are saying the ocean temperatures are increasing, this might signal a comeback. Megalodon teeth have serrated cutting edges without side cusps. Megalodons were 50 feet . In fact, recent research on great white sharks shows they may dive fairly deep in search of food. A man found a 4-inch megalodon shark tooth on a Florida beach less than a month after he found a 3-inch tooth. Very well written article! The megalodon shark would be the absolute apex predator of the modern ocean if it still existed. Estemennosuchus, a prehistoric animal of Russia. Woman finds ancient tooth the size of a HAND that once belonged to 60ft . The sharks went extinct around 3 million years ago. The megalodon wasn't alone in this global cooling extinction, however. More importantly, has anything like this ever happened before? Dont give up on your dreams :). It's unlikely that the vast majority of these sharks would have been able to adapt to a major shortage in their food supply. If meg were still alive today, we might expect to see wounds made by these tremendous teeth on the bodies of whales that escaped megalodon encounters with lives, just as we see scars made by great whites on the bodies of living seals. I've been reading and researching about megalodon sharks for almost 4 years now, and I really can't accept that they are extinct. The extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs occurred 65 million years ago, putting a 40-million-year gap between megalodon and the last known dinosaurs. But others suggested it could be a megalodon, which lived 23 million years . (Florida Museum, Kristen Grace). March 8, 2021 by newsy today. That is far from the case. During the Pleistocene extinction event, many animals larger than 80 pounds went extinct, according to theIllinois State Museum. A classic photo is glimpsed in a book during one scene it shows a group of men framed by an epic prehistoric mouth. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. The prehistoric-sized shark was filmed swimming slowly alongside a ship full of research students as they all screamed and gawked in awe. How Big Was the Megalodon Shark? That sounds like a comment that would add to the discussion in a positive way. Everyone here is a goon saying that Greenland sharks are as big or that whales are going extinct because of megalodon. This year a team led by paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada published a study on the Megs actual size (in the Historical Biology journal). These three teeth depict more than 50 million years of shark teeth evolution. The state is a hotspot for fossil hunters. A gigantic shark that gave a boat full of tourists a scare has sparked theories that its a megalodon an extinct predator known for its enormous size. I typically approve all comments that makes sense and don't violate any of the sites rules. Most footage I saw was of behaviors already known. Danner was ecstatic. Its teeth were 7 inches long and could tear through meat like butter. I believe that there could be a Meg out there, but this article made me afraid of water haha! Roughly up to 3 times the length of a modern-day great white shark, it is the largest shark to have ever lived. Megalodon may have gone extinct when these seas dried up, the ice age began and water was locked up at the poles, according to . It could be used as a new shark repellent or the scent that the American crocodile puts off and how they used it when they were studying bull sharks and they made shark repellent with it and it made bull sharks totally leave the area almost immediately!! For a little added contrast, the maximum length of your average school bus measures . Jul 08, 2021 at 1:58 pm. Galloway, N.J. - Fossilized teeth and vertebrae are all that remain from the extinct Megalodon, the largest shark to have ever hunted our oceans But that was just enough for a team of paleontologists to reconstruct pieces of the prehistoric predator's life history. There are no "official" sightings on record. If only a small population of megalodon had already it evolved to hunt and live at great depths, when the rest went extinct this small population may have survived. It's still the best week of the year!! Yeah I was disapointed when I found out sbout the picture being a hoax the person goes into depth about and showing the original photo without the tail and fin in it and also the emblems and insignias on the boat were added or changed or altered also sorry to bear the bad news . Mature megalodons fed on marine mammals such as sea lions, dolphins and whales. Its good to see how thoughts develop into theories . As the giant black shark approaches the hobbyist, you can see the man trying to paddle away from certain death. Megalodon may have weighed 50 tons, with some estimates putting them even heavier. Don't waste ur time in crazy fantacies. An enormous shark has been filmed circling a research vessel in the Atlantic in a video that has social media users comparing the huge creature to a megalodon, an extinct shark species. Even after countless centuries, some fossilized megalodon teeth are still sharp to the touch. Otherwise known as Otodus megalodon, the huge prehistoric shark had a starring role in 2018 movie The Meg. Megalodon was three times as big! These are connected to Megalodon through ancestry. At least ten times as big as its fellow therapsid Biarmosuchus (see previous slide), Estemmenosuchus weighed about 500 pounds and likely resembled a modern-day warthog, albeit lacking fur and endowed with a considerably smaller brain. There has been numerous sightings of Megalodon captured on footage that I have been trying to figure out if the shark in the video is Megalodon. Again, we should see evidence of these powerful jaws in nature today. In fact, there is precedence for marine creatures turning up when the odds are stacked against them. And if the point of all of this is to admit that one cannot absolutely prove a species is extinct, then I agree. Market data provided by Factset. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. There is also evidence that the situation may have been complicated by the evolution of other large, predatory marine creatures that may have infringed on the megalodons niche. It was listing the reasons that Megalodon would still be living. A fossil hunter searching a . Multiple sperm whale carcasses have been found on shore, killed due to attacks. This incident happened to one unlucky kayak enthusiast on his day off. I see most movies at home so it may be awhile. I Don't think soIf it's because of the TemperatureThey can just move or find another place that we're they can adapt the Climate/Temperature For me I realy Believe that the Megalodon is still Out their somewhere Hunting and Eating smaller creatures. I'd like to know your views on the theory @cryptid. Are the sharks as large as they have said it was? But that doesn't really stop us from speculating again :D This might just turn out to a case similar to the coelacanth, where even though there is proof, none of it has been documented, since there was no incentive for locals to report the incident. Megalodons are one of the most well-known species of sharks and for good reason: they are the largest predatory sharks to have ever existed. From a paleontology perspective, this shark is officially extinct, but that doesnt make it any less interesting. However, the prevalence of nurseries may have resulted in the megalodon's downfall, the scientists added. There is no widely accepted proof that Megalodon exists today. 'Conservative' estimates of megalodon's size place its maximum size at 47,960 kg (105,733 lbs). There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the megalodon shark in recent years. All of these sightings and stories are interesting, but are they really enough to suggest that this massive shark is still alive? Fox News' James Rogers contributed to this story. As a seaman who has spent countless day days off shore I ca say there are many things unexplained out there I and other captains have seen, i want it to be real and if we do find one I'm never going to a beach again, with only 5% of the oceans explored..the thought that the megalodon is extinct is completely arrogant..i hope im alive when one is rediscovered if they are still out there, There are massive sharks in our oceans, like the six-gill in the Mariana Trench and the Greenland shark. Probably like 15% or 25 percent is discovered? Also, it could have simply followed its prey, or adapted to the deep, hunting colossal squid and the sperm whale to this very day. 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This has led to a great deal of confusion about megalodon encounters in modern times, as well as the actual creature that swam in our oceans for millions of years. The unofficial record for longest megalodon tooth found in South Carolina is reportedly 6.5 inches, just a centimeter bigger than Basak's monster. Unfortunately, even the strongest creatures are no match for Mother Nature. Has the appearance of a white, but, much, much bigger! It would also have to switch its diet from whales, dolphins, sea lions, and sea cows to whatever organisms reside in the Mariana Trench and hope that it could find and eat its usual 2,500 lb of food per day.- According to the United Nations, there are 7.6 billion people in the world today, and only 3 of them have made it to the deepest point on Earth. An early 20th century scientist serves as a scale inside a reconstruction of the jaws of a megalodon shark. While Meg inhabited every ocean of the world, the maximum length of feet. 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