Megalodon

A recent study challenges previous notions about Megalodon, revealing it had a more slender body compared to the great white shark. This insight sheds new light on the physical characteristics of one of the ocean’s most formidable predators, although a complete skeleton has yet to be found to finalize these findings. Credit: SciTechDaily.comNew study reveals Megalodon’s elongated body form, challenging earlier views of its size and shape.A new scientific study shows that the prehistoric gigantic shark, Megalodon or…

Most of us picture the megalodon as a Jason-Statham-hunting monster that looked like a giant great white shark, but that probably wasn’t the case. A new study re-examines fossil evidence and suggests the creature was longer and more slender than we thought.The idea of a gigantic shark patrolling the seas millions of years ago is terrifying – so of course, we all love imagining what it looked like. Since the great white shark is one of the great movie villains of our time, pop culture has just scaled that up to…

O. megalodon, my megalodon. The gargantuan shark that prowled the Miocene seas has long captured the imagination because of its stupendous 60-foot length—three times the size of the largest great white sharks. But now, a team of researchers suggests that the extinct apex predator’s body shape was slightly different than expected.Forget Collars—There's a Kinder Way to Track Polar Bears in the ArcticThe enormous O. megalodon went extinct around 3.6 million years ago. Newborn megalodons were 6 feet long and may have had an…

A new study claims that a megalodon tooth was discovered in the ocean depths in 2022. The tooth, which was found during a three-week expedition to explore deep-sea biology near the Jonhston Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, sampled several rocks from the area. The tooth was one of the more exciting developments, though.Those samples were then shipped to the University of Rhode Island’s Marine Geological Samples Laboratory, where they were cataloged and made available to researchers…

A shark sheds up to 40,000 teeth in its lifetime – and megalodon, the greatest predator of them all, was no different.As this fearsome beast roamed the world's oceans between 4 and 20 million years ago, it dropped teeth that are still washing up on beaches, found sticking out of whale bones, or rising out of once-submerged landscapes.But until now, none have been discovered in much the same position that they fell into all those millions of years ago.A team of intrepid researchers has just described one such find: a…

Sharks are often imagined as lethal predators with rows of razor-sharp teeth and capable of zipping through the water at high speeds. But it seems in the case of the famous prehistoric shark Otodus megalodon, only one of those premises holds true.Forget Collars—There's a Kinder Way to Track Polar Bears in the ArcticIn a study published in Historical Biology, a team of researchers describe very small O. megalodon scales found in Japan. These sand-grain-sized placoid scales, or denticles, show up in elasmobranchs, a group…

Scientists have discovered that the extinct megalodon shark was warm-blooded, as indicated by the isotopes in its tooth enamel. Their research suggests that the megalodon could maintain a body temperature about 13 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the surrounding water, a significant difference compared to other contemporary sharks.A killer, yes. But analysis of tooth minerals reveals how the warm-blooded predator maintained its body temperature.Researchers have determined that the extinct megalodon shark was warm-blooded,…

Fossilized teeth are most of the remains we have today of the megalodon, which makes it hard to figure out what it looked like or how it lived. But now, scientists have used those teeth to estimate the ancient shark’s body temperature, and found it wasn’t exactly a cold-blooded killer. Strangely enough, that might have contributed to its downfall.The megalodon was a giant species of shark that ruled the oceans about 20 million years ago. Like modern sharks, its skeleton would have been mostly made of cartilage, so we…

Jet ski surfing with Jason Statham.Screenshot: Warner Bros.It was the summer of 2018. A movie starring Jason Statham and a giant shark hit theaters and those who saw it generally enjoyed it. That film, The Meg, went on to gross over $500 million worldwide, if you can believe it, and work soon began on a sequel. That sequel is coming to theaters in August and now has its first trailer.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesMeg 2: The Trench arrives from indie director Ben…

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