Biggest Myths About Megalodon Movies Made Us Believe

now at some earlier stages of research scientists reconstructed the megalodon looking like a bigger just a little more dangerous version of a great white shark movies then followed suit added a couple of details on their own and ta-da we've got a marine giant that could grow up to 90 feet long well hold on hold on megalodons were usually between 50 and 55 feet sometimes growing up to 60 feet for comparison a bowling lane is 60 feet long a school bus is around 45 feet and an average person is 5 feet 10 inches tall so yeah not bad megalodon but still not 90 feet its weight was around 50 to 60 tons which is something like 10 adult elephants or even a boeing 737 that's just their females though the ladies were almost twice as big as the males another movie versus reality thing the megalodon had nothing to do with a great white shark the closest they could be is cousins because megalodon in fact is the last descendant of a completely different lineage of sharks plus its kind is around three times bigger than an average great white it has a shorter nose and a much flatter jaw that almost looks like it's squashed also meg's pectoral fins are longer than those of the great white sharks ancient predators ate a lot so they needed something to support their weight they both had an excellent sense of smell though so even in prehistoric times it wasn't a good idea to go swimming with a chunk of raw meat in hand and it certainly isn't safe now whether the makes hiding somewhere in the depths which some still believe is true or it's gone forever younger cousins will be there waiting also both of them like to go after big marine mammals so they would certainly have things to do together that is until the may got moody and accidentally ate its friend yeah you never know these guys had a different hunting style great whites prefer to dive straight toward their prey and find the softest spots like exposed legs or underbelly megalodon aimed for the fins and tail because of its almost 10-foot jaws and what's considered to be the strongest bite ever its teeth could pierce almost anything sometimes an entire tooth would be found embedded in the bone of some bigger animal such as a whale without the main parts they used for swimming poor sea animals were then helpless and unable to escape yet whales were just a smaller part of the megalodon's diet seals sea cows squids dolphins other sharks the good old meg probably wouldn't say no to some random school of smaller fish swimming into its mouth either nothing better than a good snack after a big tasty dinner even those giant turtles weren't safe within their thick shells the mag probably took those as a dare challenge on a daily basis such a diverse diet and in big amounts megalodon would eat about 2500 pounds of food every day no wonder it dominated the ocean almost 300 teeth in five rows and we're talking about sharp chompers that could grow up to seven inches long even its name stands for giant tooth hey i'm thinking maybe it had a cousin orthodontia which means either crooked teeth or deep pockets still megalodon would change thousands of teeth over a lifetime since meg's teeth weren't that strong they would often fall out then it would get new ones within one to two days so it could continue its hunting sessions without any serious interruptions the same thing happens with modern sharks as well new teeth replace damaged or worn out ones those teeth falling out were the only thing that helped scientists do any research on the megalodon at all they found them all around the world yep megalodons were quite some travelers they lived in all oceans and their fossils were found on all continents except antarctica what to call since their skeletons were not made of bone but of cartilage teeth are the only evidence they've ever even existed they gave scientists an insight into a lot of things including size even with modern sharks scientists determined their size by the dimensions of only one tooth and do the same with the meg megalodon had the strongest bite of all living creatures on earth it would definitely be fun to see the clash between the meg and say t-rex sadly they missed their chance to meet and establish some long-term friendship since dinosaurs went extinct over 60 million years ago meg on the other hand terrified all the inhabitants of the seas and oceans from 23 to 2.5 million years ago where could megalodon live these days well it would probably love the places modern sharks go to such as florida hawaii brazil south africa or some other tropical paradise when you think about it it's not bad at all meg take me with you meg itself didn't have any serious competition or a natural enemy but its infants were too weak to defend themselves that's why the apex predator had to choose warm shallow waters with no strong currents to raise its babies those by the way were around six and a half feet long not quite tiny themselves scientists actually found some of their juveniles teeth so it seems like part of their nursery areas was the coast of panama and that's 10 million years old okay time to meet with one of megalodon's potential rivals the mighty sperm whale 45 to 60 feet long the size sure makes it quite an adversary modern sperm whales don't have such big teeth but their ancestors which lived around 13 million years ago were well packed the largest tooth found was 5 inches wide and 14 inches long that's something like the biggest soda bottle out there that would make an interesting combat here we're talking about this giant marine predator but this is not the only intriguing ancient animal that wandered the oceans in fact sharks are some of the oldest creatures on our planet more ancient than insects mammals dinosaurs even trees mass extinction events wiped out most life on earth giant asteroids fell on its surface continents split up and so many other things happened but sharks were there alive persevering apparently with no contact with the outside world just chilling and doing their thing the spiny shark was actually one of the first animals with a jaw not that it could do much with that jaw since it was only around 12 inches long meg wouldn't even bother around this one and it wasn't even a real shark it just looked like one if you ever wondered how a combination of eel and shark would look like well here it is eel shark preferred fresh water was up to three feet long and went extinct around 200 million years ago since dinosaurs appeared around 230 million years ago the eel shark was probably there to give them warm welcome prepare a buffet but the dinosaurs had unfortunately mistaken it for dessert now this predator would get some real screams on a nice sandy beach during a spring break if it was still alive the ginsu shark it was nicknamed after ginsu knives for a huge mouth of almost 500 razor sharp teeth one of this monster shark's hobbies was to go after big turtles okay now seriously what's with that shark turtle thing scissor tooth sharks now we're talking these guys lived around 300 million years ago and had some strangely shaped heads the weirdest part were their jaws this shark didn't shed old and worn out teeth but kept growing new ones at the back those in the front were then pushed forward and with age the shark got a really strange scissor tooth look scientists are still unsure why it had to be like that hey time to call in the orthodont even during the meg's long reign our favorite ancient predator still wasn't the only scary giant shark in town for instance um well i can't pronounce its name so i'll just call it mr c unfortunately not enough of its fossils were found to get more information but some research says it had teeth more than five inches long that also implies it could probably grow to be twenty feet long oh and if it only left just a couple more teeth around i guess the meg wouldn't be the only movie star from those times so close c so close

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Length: 9min 14sec (554 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 31 2021