This massive monster is considered to be the most powerful predator in history. Yes the oceans are very deep, with the Mariana Trench being over 7 miles deep, it is the deepest KNOWN point in the oceans. All rights reserved, Shark Museum to Open at Site of Cape Cod Pirate Museum, Cape Cod Group Considers Testing Buoy Made to Deter Sharks, Even After Investigation, Stoneham Cop Hasn't Paid Dime of Rent to New Landlord, FIRST ALERT: As Snow Continues to Fall, Weekend Storm Promises More for Boston, JetBlue Plane, Private Jet Have Close Call' at Boston's Logan Airport: FAA, Hazmat Situation Being Investigated in Middleboro, Fire Officials Say. The strongest biter in our world today is the saltwater crocodile, and they only come in around 3,700 pounds. The scans revealed 46 growth bands in the fossil which scientists believe indicate the animals age in years, much as tree rings reveal annual growth in trees. The tooth is a massive 6.45 inches and belonged to a prehistoric shark called a Megalodon. Enormous megatooth sharks, or megalodons, which patrolled the worlds oceans more than three million years ago, gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans, scientists say. A Tyrannosaurus Rex had a bite force of only one-third that. 3D rendering of an extinct Megalodon shark in the seas of the Cenozoic Era. They found no general patterns that would allow them to tease out body shape differences. This is insane what is that? wrote one user. Modern great white sharks are apex predators, but they are sometimes hunted and killed by orcas, another apex predator. YES YES YES! Researchers made the unsettling discovery when they X-rayed the vertebra of a fossilised megalodon and found that it must have been about two metres (6.5 ft) long when it was born. The man in this video captures two fins approaching his boat. There are a few theories. Here's Megalodon vs the Great White Shark. Megalodons, the apex predator of the seas, may have gone extinct more than 3.5 million years ago, but experts may have discovered nurseries of the massive shark all around the world, according to a new study. So this turning to purely speculative and mythic creatures is rather dismal. These filter feeders typically average in length between 18 and 32.5 feet. After his first find, WJXT-TV spoke to a biologist who said the tooth could be . I am fairly certain it was NOT a whale..that was the only time in my more than 50 years fishing the ocean that I have seen anything like it ! How big was the actual monster? This makes it anywhere up to 5 million years old. 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. 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. The giant prehistoric Carcharocles megalodon (or Otodus megalodon for some researchers) was the largest predatory shark to ever swim in earth's seas. The public is hooked . But three weeks ago, Danner, an art curator, found his first megalodon tooth 3 inches long, and in good condition. Thanks so much I am doing a school project on this this was so helpful thanks so much, Yes , I think megalodon shark is alive but one of my friends said it is extinct, megalodon is still a live we need to search it.its a big discover, there is no way this shark can still live. Individual teeth of these animals could be 18 cm across their diagonal height. A 5-year-old boy vacationing in North Myrtle Beach found a megalodon tooth on the beach. And if the point of all of this is to admit that one cannot absolutely prove a species is extinct, then I agree. Basking sharks are the second largest species of its kind and can grow up to 26 feet in length. So where did it go? Megalodon or big tooth is a species of 20-yards-long sharks that lived between 23 and 2.6 million years ago. The earliest version of this video we could uncover was posted to YouTube in 2008: That version of the video stated that the footage captured a 7-meter (22-foot) Pacific sleeper shark off the coast of Japan in the SurugaBay. His fright escalates when see how far apart the dorsal fin and the upper lobe are from one another.. Carrie Lee Night from Northeast United States on May 10, 2020: Thank you for sharing :) Logically, I think it is extinct, however the ocean is too vast to know for sure :). Truthfully, the answer to this question is simply common sense: NO IT IS NOT ALIVE. Buzz Channel's post was rife with misinformation. 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. However, after a school lesson gone wrong, it is now thought the ancient beasts of the deep could grow up to 65 . Correction 5/27/2021 9:20 a.m. its very possible weve only explored 2 percent of the ocean. The cameras have spotted some astounding things over the years, and private-sector investigators have followed suit with aquatic cameras of their own. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Later, news reports claimed that the bodies of the four people could not be found. But three weeks ago, Danner, an art curator, found his first megalodon tooth - 3 inches . He says he wants to find the tooth of a megalodon, the largest shark species we know of in Earth's history. Here's a comparison of the shark in the video and another sleeper shark: While the shark in the video is indeed large, it would be considered rather small if it were actually a megalodon. Investigators also found the boat either bitten or torn in half. In the trailer the shark looks much bigger than current megalodon size estimates, though everything I read says its 70-75 ft which is on the high side but in the ballpark. Megalodon teeth can be quite large and exceed 7 inches, but rarely exceed 6" to 6-1/2". In 2019, two children aged 5 and 9 years old found a megalodon tooth, the Clacton Gazette reported. Did they see large sharks. There is a possibility that they could still be alive today. I wanted to say that my last post was too dismissive. The sharks went extinct around 3 million years ago. MrBeast ( just a fan ) on December 25, 2019: It COULD still be out there. Like killer whales, the things that knocked megalodon off its perch. This material may not be reproduced without permission. My theory is that the submarine shark is a baby megalodon and is still growing . . Since these fictional documentaries, where science was removed and fiction was inserted are fairly popular, many people now believe that megalodon is still alive. Megalodons are known only from the teeth they left behind. Most footage I saw was of behaviors already known. To put the depth into perspective, if you were to put Mount Everest into the Mariana Trench, the top would still be sticking out. And the fact that it leaves the fossil record completely cannot be explained if this massive fish were still predating in the oceans. Where is the tooth now? 6-foot megalodon shark babies were cannibals in the womb, study says. As the giant black shark approaches the hobbyist, you can see the man trying to paddle away from certain death. We should be finding fresh teeth, like we do for C megalodon's distant relative, the white shark. Sure, no evidence of its presence has been found, but Absence of Proof is Proof of Absence. I wonder how much your commenters know about ACTUAL shark species, of which there are hundreds and hundreds. we've actually only discovered 25% percent of the ocean, my theory is that all the deep sea trenches like the Mariana Trench, are all connected to a cave system that larger and rarer species we believed to be extinct, are hiding in. Many young children dream of finding the fossilized remains of a . Link Copied! An early 20th century scientist serves as a scale inside a reconstruction of the jaws of a megalodon shark. There were also terrifying marine reptiles such as Liopleurodon, and Shastasaurus, which grew to the size of a megalodon shark. The meg probably evolved to be able to tolerate such pressures. If the video isn't a forgery, there is no question that the size of the fish makes it a real-life present-day Megalodon. "Ultimately, the presumed reliance of O. megalodon on the presence of suitable nursery grounds might have also been determinant in the demise of this iconic top predatory shark," the study's authors explained in the abstract. . MEGALODON SHOCKER: HUGE KILLER SHARK MAY HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT BY GREAT WHITES. However, even apex predators end up on the wrong end of the lunch menu now and then. megalodons can still be alive because 71% of the ocean is undiscovered so if they don't discover that there is no proof that they are extent. Published: July 8, 2021, 4:00 PM. However, Megalodon did once really exist long ago and some people think it is still out there based on what you've read in this article. 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. Also, it could have simply followed its prey, or adapted to the deep, hunting colossal squid and the sperm whale to this very day. 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. With the scans in hand, the researchers plotted a probable growth curve for the animal. No living or dead specimen has ever been recovered. Another theory that has gotten a lot of attention in recent memory is that the megalodon simply was unable to regulate its body temperature. ould Megalodon sharks still be alive in the deepest parts of the ocean? 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. For example the megladons may still roam around the ocean but most of the time hiding because they may be afraid because they think they are going to get hunted down. Also, think of the massive diet and amount of food it would require to feed that behemoth! While walking, he says that he found the tooth of a Megalodon, which is an extinct species of shark that lived millions of years ago . They dominated the oceans for 13 millennia before they died out 2.6million years ago. Answer: The megalodon shark was an apex predator, meaning it was at the top of the food chain. Musician Alex Albrecht captured the massive beast while at sea on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. While South Carolina isnt the first place someone thinks of when it comes to killer sharks, it would have been a strong stalking ground for the Meg. Matthew Bonnan, a professor of biology on the team at Stockton University, said he and his students studied spiny dogfish shark anatomy in class. A Florida man has found two teeth from the extinct megalodon weeks apart, the latest thanks to large waves from Tropical Storm Elsa. One clip is reported to have been filmed at the bottom of the Mariana Trench and appears to show a giant shark scouring the seafloor. Some of them, like the megalodon shark, were once thought extinct or believed to only be myths. It even makes a cameo appearance of sorts in Spielbergs blockbuster. ", 3D rendering of an extinct Megalodon shark in the seas of the Cenozoic Era. For a little added contrast, the maximum length of your average school bus measures . It is quite possible that population that migrated to the bottom of the ocean hasn't grown for millions of years, and that is probably why we still can't find any evidence for their existence. However, if its prey can adapt to the cold, why couldnt the Megalodon? The shark appears menacing as it swims slowly in a circle near the surface of the ocean, prompting screaming tourists to clamor near the boats edge to get a glimpse. The Megalodon shark was the largest shark that ever lived reaching lengths of 60 feet. Scientists have estimated that megalodon grew three times the length . However, the prevalence of nurseries may have resulted in the megalodon's downfall, the scientists added. A recent TikTok video went viral after a gigantic shark was captured on video, with some speculating it could be a Megalodon. 1,500 miles is also the distance between Madrid, in Spain, and Copenhagen, in Denmark.- To survive in the Mariana Trench, Megalodon would have had to adapt to the living conditions and evolve. I can try again! I do love learning of white sharks migrations and see how far tagged white sharks travel. This was as a result of fossils and teeth found in oceans all over . The reality is that with so little research, it is impossible to know what lies in the depths of the Mariana Trench.Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgram/5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more videos and articles visit:http://www.brightside.me/ At first, many thought it was a Pacific Sleeper Shark. One John Taylor claimed responsibility according to the Mail, though he hasnt said where the specimen actually lies. A video shows a Megaladon Shark at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. New South Wales fishermen in 1918 claimed that their nets had been stolen by a huge shark. Peter Stewart . Fox News' James Rogers contributed to this story. While it is the second tooth belonging to a Megalodon shark that has been found at the Naze this year (and three were found in 2019), it has still been described as being an "incredibly rare" discovery. Some scientists estimate that an adult megalodon could have been more than 30 feet in length. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Unfortunately, some people have interpreted this misinformation to mean megalodon is entirely made up. Megaldon's earliest ancestor, Otodos obliquus, from left, had smooth-edged teeth with a thick root and lateral cusplets, two mini-teeth flanking the main tooth. Everyone here is a goon saying that Greenland sharks are as big or that whales are going extinct because of megalodon. Sailed six weeks in the atlantic saw this big fking shark, he captioned a TikTok video on Tuesday. Unfortunately, even the strongest creatures are no match for Mother Nature. He states they are critical to todays oceans for issues like conservation of organisms, habitat preservation, and sustainable marine natural resources. Fossil records of that extinct shark species suggest that it reached a size of nearly 60 feet in length. At first, many thought it was a Pacific Sleeper Shark. Some say maybe not. A massive, 60-foot predator hunting whales close to shore would surely be well-known, not to mention widely feared. Its actually Greenland sharks their massive almost as large as megaladons. In March, a fossil enthusiast found a megalodon tooth at a South Carolina construction site, measuring roughly 6.45 inches. During the time when megalodon was hunting in the world's oceans, the ancestors of modern whales were mostly small, less than 30 feet long. No, the shark seen in the viral TikTok video has been identified as a harmless, but still huge, basking shark. Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs. Estemennosuchus, a prehistoric animal of Russia. 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. 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. Nevertheless, it is intriguing to imagine these two prehistoric hunters squaring off in the ancient ocean. Following the Owens example, Nastasio logged onto Facebook so everyone could see what hed uncovered. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. If such a creature still existed, it seems reasonable that we would know about it. Photograph: Corey Ford/Alamy Thought to be the largest shark that ever lived , its remains have been found on . The practice, known as oophagy, means few offspring survive, but those that do are large and well-nourished, and stand a better chance against predators. The megalodon went extinct near the Pliocene era's end, when planet Earth went through a phase of cooling. A fossil hunter has found a huge shark tooth in South Carolina, America. And, no, that's not a typo. This year a team led by paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada published a study on the Megs actual size (in the Historical Biology journal). But others suggested it could be a megalodon, which lived 23 million years agoand was as large as 59 feet long. More importantly, has anything like this ever happened before? I hope it makes people want to protect and conserve biodiversity in our oceans., Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Often, locals know about the animals, but because a biologist hasn't confirmed it the species remains officially extinct. cryptid (author) from USA on August 26, 2016: Hi Prateek. I think the best explanation that accounts for what we know is that C megalodon is extinct and exceptionally large and rare white sharks are seen from time to time, while other species, especially the basking shark, are misidentified. The coastline used to be submerged, allowing access for many a marine predator. Remnants of megalodons, which lived in most of the worlds oceans from 15m to 3.6m years ago, have revealed that adults grew to more than 15 metres in length, but until now their size at birth was unclear. For Shimada the shark is uniquely gigantic. Megalodon would have long made itself known, as this creature would be massive and ocean life would be acting very cautious and terrified of this thing. It's an interesting theory with some compelling ideas, but also a few holes. cryptid (author) from USA on August 05, 2018: The Meg with Jason Statham is set for release on August 10, 2018. The X-rays found no evidence of growth spurts during the fishs younger years, but point instead to a steady growth rate of more than 16cm a year at least until the age of 46. Making the meghead. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. There are no "official" sightings on record. There are also filters that catch them though, so there is a possibility I didn't even see it. The megalodon wasn't alone in this global cooling extinction, however. Experts had believed the megalodon grew to a maximum of 60 feet, or 18.2 metres. Thx for posting this cryptid, it really makes my imagination explode with different thoughts about the shark. Georgia man Matthew Basak unearthed a 6.45 inch megalodon tooth at a South Carolina construction site. Some speculate that megalodon populations may have survived in the Mariana Trench and other deep parts of the ocean. Thanks for this article on Megalodon. While there were prehistoric sharks back then, megalodon did not evolve until around 23 million years ago. Megalodon is over and extinct. Megalodon was three times as big! It could easily save their lives. Even after countless centuries, some fossilized megalodon teeth are still sharp to the touch. But we do know eyewitness testimony is unreliable. The largest megalodon teeth can measure seven inches long the size of a grown man's hand. The mariana trench is almost 11000 meter deep so there is enough space for it. Another replied, Its a basking shark! The lucky diver was so stunned he needed to come up for air. I do not profess to know what it was,but it seemingly was not interested in us and left the area . By Sharkdiver.com [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. So we humans were being stupid and releasing chemicals into the stratosphere and damaging it and in doing so that made our climate warmer and that gives the megalodon a chance to repopulate and that might of happened that is why people report seeing a so-called submarine shark. Megalodon may have weighed 50 tons, with some estimates putting them even heavier. The largest megalodon teeth are over seven inches long, where a great white tooth is between two and three inches long. Megalodon Rising. The Megalodon is a prehistoric creature resembling a shark, but much bigger and more vicious. the magalgdon was the biggest shark in the world, Thank you for sharing but i think this isnt true. Despite these accounts, the majority of experts are adamant that theres no evidence that the giant predator still exists. Watch and share! Either way, the megalodon was a shark, not a dinosaur. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Answer: The megalodon shark could reach a length of up to 60 feet, according to current estimates. In many ways, megalodons . So, was that an actual megalodon spotted off New England's coast in 2021? The 4.3-inch-long tooth was found on the Naze which is a headland on the coast of Essex. During the Pleistocene extinction event, many animals larger than 80 pounds went extinct, according to theIllinois State Museum. We know so little about the ocean and it's creatures that there is a great chance. If Whites supposedly don't get this big, what could it be? Any way you look at it, Megalodon was a really huge shark. Alex Albrecht, a marine biodiversity student and musician, captured the sighting from the mast of the SSV Corwith Cramer just over 100 miles off the coast of the Woods Hole section of Falmouth. The discovery comes after he found a 3-inch megalodon tooth three weeks ago. The Megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 2.3 to 2.6 million years ago during the early Miocene era. Still, a sixty-foot shark is a really big fish. How Big Was the Megalodon Shark? There are anecdotes about giant sharks, yes. It needs to be big and cool. There's no way to know. The person whos comment you rejected on November 20, 2017: Why didnt you authorize and publicly post my comment? 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. Further, one of the large cetaceans that lives in the depths is the sperm whale. Sharks skeletons consist mostly of cartilage, so megalodon doesnt leave much behind. Roughly up to 3 times the length of a modern-day great white shark, it is the largest shark to have ever lived. Carcharocles megalodon had flattened bladel-ike teeth with uniform serrations and no cusplets. This incident happened to one unlucky kayak enthusiast on his day off. In fact, there is precedence for marine creatures turning up when the odds are stacked against them. May 28, 2021 2:38pm. The depth at that area was about 600', Shallow by ocean standards .to this day I have no clue as to what it was. All of these sightings and stories are interesting, but are they really enough to suggest that this massive shark is still alive? 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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. What bothers me the most about all of this is that people would rather spend time fantasizing about things that do not exist when there are all manner of fantastic and mysterious and weird things that DO exist. The couple noticed a gray structure poking out among the rocks. What was the megalodon shark really like? Larger maximum size estimates place megalodon's highest potential weight at 103,197 kg (227,510 lbs). The Megalodon is far more than just a movie monster, though it's often compared to the famous Great White of 'Jaws'. This megatooth shark lived during the Miocene and Pliocene. Kalan CC BY-SA 3.0. March 8, 2021 by newsy today. July 14 -- At a length of 70 feet, armed with razor-sharp 7-inch teeth and with the . On the other hand, great whites have been shown to dive fairly deep, and even prey on creatures like giant squid. (iStock), PREHISTORIC SHARK WITH 'SPACESHIP-SHAPED TEETH' DISCOVERED ALONGSIDE MOST FAMOUS TYRANNOSAURUS. I believe that Megalodon still exists in the deeper end of the oceans. A man found a 4-inch megalodon shark tooth on a Florida beach less than a month after he found a 3-inch tooth. Carcharocles megalodon was once the most fearsome predator to reign the seas. Its good to see how thoughts develop into theories . Great article. 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. I'm pretty interested in seeing it too. And in true 21st century style the discovery was uploaded to Facebook. Ive been into Megalodon for some time now and in my opinion still think its lurking in the waters. Now its extinct, the super predator is providing vital clues on how life found a way millions of years ago, Steve Palace is a writer, journalist and comedian from the UK. Jaw-dropping Research Reveals Megalodon Mysteries. :), there is a 50/50 % the Moglodon is still alive but i believe the moglodon is still alive, just saying, great whites do eat dead whales so that explains the half of a whale. The record is 6.5 inches long. Here, we sort fact from fiction. New research in January 2021 suggested that the ancient creatures were around 6.5 foot (2 metres) when they first left the womb. research by scientists at Bristol and Swansea. 4-Inch megalodon shark tooth in South Carolina construction site, measuring roughly 6.45 inches and belonged a. 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