The Megalodon, A Prehistoric Giant Shark That Ruled the Seven Seas
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Date: 2023-05-07
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Bk
Before someone else mentions this in the comments: the idea megalodon got outcompeted by predatory whales like Livyatan or orcas ignores several major issues.
- Livyatan actually went extinct somewhat before megalodon did (it went extinct 5MYA, while megalodon hung on until almost 3MYA, as did other raptorial sperm whales. Raptorial sperm whales weren t a new group of competitors, but old rivals the shark had coexisted with for tens of millions of years and even outlasted.
- orcas didn t become big-game hunters until after things like megalodon and Livyatan were extinct; ancestral orcas were not only much smaller than living orcas, they had much smaller and more delicate jaws and teeth, meaning that they were physically incapable of killing larger animals even in groups (they were similar to smaller living dolphins in this regard) and thus posed no significant threat or competition even for newborn megalodon. In fact, it s likely that orcas ended up where they are now specifically because megalodon and Livyatan bit the dust and left the apex predator niche for the taking (which is yet another serious argument against megalodon still being around. And even disregarding all that, megalodon coexisted just fine with orca-sized (and much larger, in the case of Livyatan) raptorial sperm whales just fine for most of its existence without getting wiped out, so it would still have been able to handle it.
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Before someone else mentions this in the comments: the idea megalodon got outcompeted by predatory whales like Livyatan or orcas ignores several major issues.
- Livyatan actually went extinct somewhat before megalodon did (it went extinct 5MYA, while megalodon hung on until almost 3MYA, as did other raptorial sperm whales. Raptorial sperm whales weren t a new group of competitors, but old rivals the shark had coexisted with for tens of millions of years and even outlasted.
- orcas didn t become big-game hunters until after things like megalodon and Livyatan were extinct; ancestral orcas were not only much smaller than living orcas, they had much smaller and more delicate jaws and teeth, meaning that they were physically incapable of killing larger animals even in groups (they were similar to smaller living dolphins in this regard) and thus posed no significant threat or competition even for newborn megalodon. In fact, it s likely that orcas ended up where they are now specifically because megalodon and Livyatan bit the dust and left the apex predator niche for the taking (which is yet another serious argument against megalodon still being around. And even disregarding all that, megalodon coexisted just fine with orca-sized (and much larger, in the case of Livyatan) raptorial sperm whales just fine for most of its existence without getting wiped out, so it would still have been able to handle it.
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Elizabeth
Good Sunday morning everyone! Middle Tennessee is hot today sunshine birds singing bees buzzing Spring in full swing loving life right now Sunday Weird History my fave Sunday thing fresh content! Sharks are scary for sure love learning about the biggest and baddest have a fantastic week hope everyone is well till next Sunday
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Good Sunday morning everyone! Middle Tennessee is hot today sunshine birds singing bees buzzing Spring in full swing loving life right now Sunday Weird History my fave Sunday thing fresh content! Sharks are scary for sure love learning about the biggest and baddest have a fantastic week hope everyone is well till next Sunday
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Riche'
My brother was such an expert on sharks that he taught a one-day class about sharks to a fifth grade class. That they were so impressed they called him the shark boy and this was at least 10 years before sharkboy and lavagirl lol.
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My brother was such an expert on sharks that he taught a one-day class about sharks to a fifth grade class. That they were so impressed they called him the shark boy and this was at least 10 years before sharkboy and lavagirl lol.
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Kitty
The jokes are not funny and they make me not wanna watch. I feel like they waste time and take the focus off the history and onto something completely ridiculous. Am I the only one who feels this way? Maybe IDK.
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The jokes are not funny and they make me not wanna watch. I feel like they waste time and take the focus off the history and onto something completely ridiculous. Am I the only one who feels this way? Maybe IDK.
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Eric
I found a tooth of one of these in a creek, that was in a valley of the Appalachian mountains. I'm still confused on how it got there. I still have it. It's not the largest one I've seen, but it's pretty big.
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I found a tooth of one of these in a creek, that was in a valley of the Appalachian mountains. I'm still confused on how it got there. I still have it. It's not the largest one I've seen, but it's pretty big.
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btetschner
Had a Weird History Meal: I ate Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (on the thumbnail of the Weird History Food video How Mac And Cheese Became an All-American Dish ) while watching this Weird History video!
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Had a Weird History Meal: I ate Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (on the thumbnail of the Weird History Food video How Mac And Cheese Became an All-American Dish ) while watching this Weird History video!
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Christa
Ancient giant bats? Desmodus draculae is an extinct species of vampire bat that inhabited Central and South America during the Pleistocene, and possibly the early Holocene. let's see that!
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Ancient giant bats? Desmodus draculae is an extinct species of vampire bat that inhabited Central and South America during the Pleistocene, and possibly the early Holocene. let's see that!
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David
I do Not believe in Evolution.
If this were the case then the Polar Bear would evolve so it could keep up with Global Warming.
And mankind would be evolving into something else
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I do Not believe in Evolution.
If this were the case then the Polar Bear would evolve so it could keep up with Global Warming.
And mankind would be evolving into something else
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David
Less is known about the ocean than the moon. Anything could be down in the depths. Idk about Megalodon but there's plenty of lethal creatures in the seas.
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Less is known about the ocean than the moon. Anything could be down in the depths. Idk about Megalodon but there's plenty of lethal creatures in the seas.
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GotSawst
i went the Moon two 2 years ago and there was an old Megalodon there making some Crab Rangoons for its guests. they were so creamy and good.
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i went the Moon two 2 years ago and there was an old Megalodon there making some Crab Rangoons for its guests. they were so creamy and good.
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James
What I think is 2. 5 million years is a drop in time it's a very big ocean, and unexplained chewed up whale carcasses have washed up.
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What I think is 2. 5 million years is a drop in time it's a very big ocean, and unexplained chewed up whale carcasses have washed up.
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IntrepidFraidyCat
I have the weirdest image of the moon with a mouth full of teeth like the shark from the original JAWS movie Poster.
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I have the weirdest image of the moon with a mouth full of teeth like the shark from the original JAWS movie Poster.
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Gary
Aquaman, King of the 7 Seas would over rule him. I think it's possible that they are still out there maybe in the Marina Trench
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Aquaman, King of the 7 Seas would over rule him. I think it's possible that they are still out there maybe in the Marina Trench
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Viggycat
I don t believe there s a meg lurking in the sea, but I m sure Chief Brody is putzing around in his little boat out there.
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I don t believe there s a meg lurking in the sea, but I m sure Chief Brody is putzing around in his little boat out there.
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