Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Happy Megalodon Day!

 

Today we celebrate the largest shark ever--Megalodon!

Time to put on paper shark hats and eat fish sticks!

Close to 40 feet long, this guy cruised all of the world's oceans from 23 million years ago to about 3 million years ago.  All we have are huge fossil teeth (I have one!) and some vertebrate that we can use to extrapolate the size.  The teeth look a lot like larger versions of the Great White Shark, leading many to think that it never became extinct, but just "downsized".

Given that 90% of the ocean is unexplored, maybe it is still out there someplace!

Probably not in Arizona though! LOL

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