The megalodon shark roamed the oceans, scaring (and chewing) everything to pieces long after the dinosaurs were wiped out by the great meteorite. We know that it was the largest and most brutal predator that ever lived, as well as the biggest shark. It was the king of all seas, swimming freely between most parts of the ocean. But then, about 2.5 million years ago, the last of its kind disappeared from Earth forever, leaving only their huge teeth to be found by modern archeologists. So why did megalodon go extinct?
At first, scientists thought it was a mass marine extinction that happened around the time that caused the megalodon to expire. They believe a supernova exploded some 150 light-years from Earth, and its cosmic radiation reached our planet, changing its climate. But then, in 2019, a group of researchers found something weird: the fossils left over from the monster sharks dated back to an earlier period. That could mean they went extinct before the supernova. A new explanation had to be devised, and it came from an unexpected source…
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20 comments
Sharks are the most terrifying animals, don't you think?
Inta
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This is me personally saying thanks 🙏 to great whites then 😂😂
I used to look for and collect fossils with a club I belonged to. I was lucky to bid on a Megalodon tooth in an auction and won the bid and yes, It's very real. Thank you for this wonderful video. It was very educational.
Proof the camra man never dies
i thick Megalodon extend 2.5 million years ago if the .
I was just thinking about megalod
You don’t need to be an archaeologist to find Megalodon teeth. A 4” tooth was found on my local beach in the UK
Wow 3 years ago!
i like it
The sharks are not the same people
No, they just went deeper. They're in 15,000 feet below sea level.
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I never saw a shark before but it is so cool 😎 I
very cool facts !!!!!!!!
The real Way The megalodon with extinct because Of the mosasaurs
Stop posting about ballers
No way
I love learning about sharks especially megladons
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