Instead, minerals in fossilized teeth reveal that megalodon might have been an opportunistic feeder to meet its remarkable 100,000-calorie-per-day requirement. “When available, it would probably ...

For centuries, scientists believed that Otodus megalodon hunted exclusively at the top off the food chain, but a new study led by Jeremy McCormack from the Department of Geosciences at Goethe ...

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck with a trailer and weighed almost twice as much. Embedded in its jaws were ...

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Although scientists firmly believe this apex predator went extinct millions of years ago, recent resurfaced footage from a 2013 Discovery Channel documentary has rekindled debates. Could the megalodon ...

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Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

The research, published Sunday in the journal “Palaeontologia Electronica,” suggests that the megalodon, which dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago, was more than three times the size of ...

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A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon's true form Novel study paints more accurate picture of extinct, gigantic shark Date: March 9, 2025 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary ...

Shark fans think that the extinct species known as the 'megalodon' still exists today, after footage from a documentary recirculated online. The prehistoric giant mackerel shark lived around 23 to ...

Misinformation claiming megalodon sharks are still alive today has proliferated online, particularly after an infamous Discovery channel "documentary" that aired in 2013, featuring made-up stories of ...