THE TRUE SIZE OF THE MEGALODON

About the Megalodon:
The prehistoric Megalodon shark has been known for many years and has been in many different movies. It is believed to be the biggest shark that ever touched the Earth, so big that it could eat up a cargo ship in a single bite. Is this all true though? After biologists found a giant fossil in the shape of a shark, they started to research it immediately. They thought of it to be a Megaladon since it was so old and larger than a modern shark.

The closest modern day living shark to a Megalodon:
The most ferocious and biggest sharks that still live to this day are named Great Whites. The great white can be 11-21 feet in length. It also has a max speed of 35 mph, lifespan of 70 years, can weigh 1,200-2,400 lbs, and eats Earless seals and Sea otters. But the Megalodon can be three times the length of a great white, swim up to 93 mph, and ate whales, other sharks, and large fish.

The ending of the Megalodon:
The Megalodon lived about 3.6 million years ago. But how did they become extinct? Surely they weren’t hunted down by their predators. The reason why is because of a humongous tsunami of cosmic energy, but others believe that it might have been the smaller and more nimble shark which still roams the seas called the Great White. Studies say that the tsunami was caused by a supernova because it would be near impossible for a Great White to kill a shark twice their size and three times their speed. A supernova is a very powerful stellar explosion which occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a huge star when it gains to much matter and runs out of nuclear fuel. The core eventually collapses due to its weight which creates a giant explosion.

people and universities who discovered the true size of the Megalodon

• University of Bristol
• Swansea University
• Jack Cooper
• Dr Catalina Pimiento
• Mike Bento
• Dr Humberto Ferron

Other facts about the Megalodon

• They ate whales, large fish, and other sharks
• They were three times the size of a Great White
• They had speed that could go up to 93 mph
• They were the biggest sharks to touch the Earth
• They were wiped out by a large tsunami of cosmetic energy caused by a supernova that triggered climate and biodiversity changes
• They went extinct about 23 to 3.6 million years ago
• Its scientific name is Carhocles megalodon
• Its class is the chondichthyes