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The Fearsome Megalodon Ate Basically Whatever It Wanted to Reach Its Daily 100,000-Calorie Need, Study Suggests
Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t ...
What megalodon really ate to meet its 100,000-calorie daily requirement, according to a new study
The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...
ZME Science on MSN1d
Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet
In reality, the fearsome 80-foot-long megalodon was. Likely not a picky eater. New research suggests that this prehistoric ...
ScienceAlert on MSN3d
Giant Megalodon's Prey Finally Revealed, And It's Not What We Thought
Megalodon, the terror of the Neogene, dominated its giant shark niche for just 20 million years before it disappeared from ...
Scientists rethink the megalodon’s diet after examining minerals in their fossilized teeth
Scientists rethink the megalodon’s diet after examining minerals in their fossilized teeth (CNN) – A new study has found that the megalodon shark may have devoured both large and small prey alike.
Terrifying reality of a Megalodon's true size revealed in new study
So, spare a thought for the poor creatures who lived alongside megalodons around 23 million years ago. A new study has ...
Millions of years ago, the megalodon ruled the oceans – why did it disappear?
But that’s not true. Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago. And scientists know this because, ...
Massive megalodon tooth found off Florida coast: What ‘every fossil diver dreams about’
A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery. Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice. She said she’s been fossil diving for ...
WILDKYLE on MSN17h
I Drove Over 800 Miles to Fossil Hunt For Megalodon Shark Teeth at the World Famous Calvert Cliffs!
Sometimes you get a wild hair and decide to drive halfway across the country to go fossil hunting somewhere you've always wanted to go. It helps that one of my very best friends moved to Maryland from ...