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Megalodon Was No Cold-Blooded Killer – And That Spelled Its Doom
SciTechDaily ^ | JUNE 27, 2023 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Posted on 06/27/2023 1:49:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/27/2023 1:49:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 06/27/2023 1:56:15 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

3 posted on 06/27/2023 1:59:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Or maybe not. The rest of the keyword, sorted:

4 posted on 06/27/2023 2:03:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Sounds like a character in a kaiju Japanese monster movie: "Godzilla Vs. Megalodon".


5 posted on 06/27/2023 2:05:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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I have two megalodon teeth. Both are about six inches long. If I could get them implanted I could bite Schumer and Pelousi.


6 posted on 06/27/2023 2:11:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Who is your dentist?


7 posted on 06/27/2023 2:16:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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How about Gyorgy Schwartz and Klaus Schwab while you’re at it?


8 posted on 06/27/2023 2:21:09 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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I bite them two.


9 posted on 06/27/2023 2:22:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Megalodon and White Shark Teeth An upper tooth from a megalodon (right)
dwarfs that of a white shark. Credit: Harry Maisch/Florida Gulf Coast University
10 posted on 06/27/2023 2:31:54 PM PDT by null and void (I’m starting to get the feeling that everything will kill covid except the vax.)
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morons...

Tell me, what large animals, or fish species, are still around that thrived 3 million years ago??

Bueller? Bueller???


11 posted on 06/27/2023 2:43:24 PM PDT by sit-rep
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Gators and Crocs


12 posted on 06/27/2023 2:50:35 PM PDT by Freedumb
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And this is what happens when you don’t floss.


13 posted on 06/27/2023 2:54:51 PM PDT by Flag_This
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“Scientists have discovered that the extinct megalodon shark was warm-blooded, as indicated by the isotopes in its tooth enamel. “

Why haven’t they done this to determine if dinosaurs were warm blooded?


14 posted on 06/27/2023 3:12:17 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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I don’t remember seeing a case where a predator went extinct because of starvation which wasn’t facilitated by extinction of their prey.

On average it takes 20 pounds of live prey to sustain a pound of cold-blooded predator. On average it takes 40 pounds of live prey to sustain a pound of warm-blooded predator.

Evolution finds ways of paring species to prevent overpopulation. Buck deer fight each other for mates using antlers which lock together. Male lions hunt and kill their cubs in order to send their lactating mates into estrus. Humans? ...


15 posted on 06/27/2023 3:12:24 PM PDT by nagant (`)
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Bueller replies… two examples..
1. The oldest known coelacanth fossils are over 410 million years old. Coelacanths were thought to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous, around 66 million years ago, but were discovered living off the coast of South Africa in 1938.[6][7] and are still caught by fishermen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coelacanth_off_Pumula_on_the_KwaZulu-Natal_South_Coast,_South_Africa,_on_22_November_2019.png

2. Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as living fossils, as they have changed little in the last 445 million years.[8] Forms almost identical to this species were present during the Triassic period 230 million years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Limulus_polyphemus_horseshue_crab_on_coast.jpg

3million years is a drop in the bucket!


16 posted on 06/27/2023 3:23:39 PM PDT by Atilla_the_Hun (Republics are not republicans, current republicans don’t respect republics. )
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To: sit-rep
Tell me, what large animals, or fish species, are still around that thrived 3 million years ago??

coelacanths.

BTW tuna are warm blooded sorta-kinda.

17 posted on 06/27/2023 3:25:32 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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"The megalodon lived during the Pliocene Epoch, which began 5.33 million years ago and ended 2.58 million years ago, and global cooling during that period caused sea level and ecological changes that the megalodon did not survive. "

So, the whole man-made "climate change" story is total BS. Gee, who would have thought?...

18 posted on 06/27/2023 3:41:09 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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Coelacanth——410 million year old fossils....still in existence.


19 posted on 06/27/2023 5:12:59 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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That ‘Meg’ tooth looks ‘fresh’......................I would not be surprised if there are a few still roaming around out there.............


20 posted on 07/03/2023 6:21:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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