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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The gigantic Megalodon shark was much larger than previously thought
For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and documentaries show a stocky, torpedo-shaped predator, built for speed and power.
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It has been revealed that the body shape of the ancient king of the sea, Megalodon, popular in shark movies, was similar to that of the lemon shark
The teeth of the discovered Megalodon were sawtoothed like those of the original great white shark, so it was previously thought that Megalodon had a similar body shape to the great white shark.
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50X Bigger than a Great White? Just How Big was Megalodon?
In this video, we’ll learn about just how big great white sharks really are and how scientists can use their teeth to ...
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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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’s shape was more like whales than sharks: study
The Meg was shaped more like a whale than the giant great white shark in the Jason Statham movies, suggests new research. Megalodon, the prehistoric ocean hunter, was a "longer, sleeker super ...
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Massive megalodon was even longer than scientists thought
Not only did the movie depict the long-extinct megalodon ... according to various megalodon fossils scientists have unearthed. As a shark, megalodon is part of the family of cartilaginous fishes.