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  • Ancient megalodon super-predators could swallow a great white shark whole, new model reveals

    08/22/2022 4:02:44 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 34 replies
    Phys.org ^ | 8/21/2022 | Stephen Wroe
    The reconstructed megadolon was 16 metres long and weighed over 61 tons. In a new 3D modeling study published this week in Science Advances, we show that the giant extinct shark, Otodus megalodon, was a true globetrotting super-predator. It was capable of covering vast distances in short order, and could eat the largest of modern living super-predators, the killer whale, in five gargantuan bites. It could have swallowed a great white shark whole. The largest shark that ever livedMegalodon was the largest shark that ever lived, and it was around for a long time—from around 23 million to 2.6...