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Megalodons were wiped out when killer whales invaded: Competition for food drove 60ft sharks [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 31, 2016 | Abigail Beall

Posted on 03/31/2016 11:34:01 AM PDT by C19fan

Jaws may have terrified you at the cinema, but the iconic great white would have been dwarfed by Carcharocles megalodon, the largest shark in the history of the planet. The giant creatures lived between 23 million and 2.6 million years ago and scientists are divided over how and why the species perished. Now, details of fossils from the huge shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs have been studied for the first time in an attempt to solve this mystery.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: abigailbeall; creation; cryptobiology; darwinitwitism; dinosaurs; evolution; extinction; godsgravesglyphs; greatwhiteshark; killerwhales; marinebiology; megalodon; megalodons; paleontology; replacementmodel; science; sharks
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Now, details of fossils from the huge shark that lived alongside the dinosaus DOH! Off my 40 MM years. Looks like a potential case of brains over braun.
1 posted on 03/31/2016 11:34:01 AM PDT by C19fan
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I hate when the killer whales invade.


2 posted on 03/31/2016 11:36:16 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Sounds like Orcas are an invasive, destructive species. Like the islam of the seas.


3 posted on 03/31/2016 11:37:31 AM PDT by lurk
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I hate when the killer whales invade.

Worse than a Sharknado!!

4 posted on 03/31/2016 11:37:32 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Not huge killer manatees?


5 posted on 03/31/2016 11:38:17 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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In the past, climate changes have generally been blamed for its disappearance. But now researchers from the University of Zurich have discovered the giant shark became extinct because the diversity of its prey decreased and new predators appeared as competitors.

Hmmm. So Climate Change isn't the cause of every single problem on the planet.

6 posted on 03/31/2016 11:40:35 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Killer Whales are basically “pack animals” where sharks are less so.

Killer whales communicate and hunt together to take down big prey.

Sharks only take down prey that is usually smaller than themselves, which is why large whales have nothing to fear from sharks.


7 posted on 03/31/2016 11:41:10 AM PDT by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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Look how big the teeth are......


8 posted on 03/31/2016 11:43:01 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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9 posted on 03/31/2016 11:44:19 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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“It’s the Circle of Life.”


10 posted on 03/31/2016 11:45:18 AM PDT by dfwgator
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THIS IS EPIC!


11 posted on 03/31/2016 11:45:39 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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When I was a kid I saw a killer whale come into Monterey Bay by Santa Cruz and kill a young sperm whale. It was pretty amazing to see it “play” with it like a cat with a mouse.


12 posted on 03/31/2016 11:51:53 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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You know, a twenty million year run for a species is not too shabby. Carcharocles megalodon got nothing to be ashamed about.


13 posted on 03/31/2016 12:04:08 PM PDT by fhayek
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hard to imagine what the Megalodon fed on. Must have been some big critters at the time.


14 posted on 03/31/2016 12:15:42 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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About 25 years ago I had the chance to collect Megladon teeth and Miocene whale bones in Virginia. The biggest tooth I found was about 5”. Not huge but still very cool.


15 posted on 03/31/2016 12:21:11 PM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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I was at an aquarium in Canada.

I went to the killer whale exhibit.

They had plexiglass around the top of the tank and I was walking beside the plexiglass.

I realized that there was a Killer Whale shadowing me inside the tank.

I also realized I was the only person at the exhibit.

The Killer Whale just floated there with her eye on me.

I saw how big she was.

She was big enough to come over the plexiglass, grab me, and pull me back into the tank to munch on.

I backed up the stairs to the top of the stands and walked across to an exit.

Those babies are huge.


16 posted on 03/31/2016 12:30:17 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Paleontology is not science - it's story telling. There is no way we can know why a species died off millions of years ago, or even hundreds of years ago. The only thing for certain these people can tell you is that fossils of a creature of a size and shape where found in a certain rock layer assumed to be of a certain age. The geological age is an assumption based on the uniformitarian theory of geology, since there's no "carbon 14" dating system for inorganic material.
17 posted on 03/31/2016 12:32:31 PM PDT by captain_dave
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Glad they’re dead.


18 posted on 03/31/2016 12:51:25 PM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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19 posted on 03/31/2016 1:11:17 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Sheldon? Is that you?


20 posted on 03/31/2016 1:22:00 PM PDT by subterfuge (TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
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