What is the biggest megalodon ever found?

This data suggests that mature adult megalodons had a mean length of 10.2 metres (about 33.5 feet), the largest specimens measuring 17.9 metres (58.7 feet) long. Some scientists, however, contend that the largest forms may have measured up to 25 metres (82 feet) long.
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Is megalodon still alive in 2021?

Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago. Go to the Megalodon Shark Page to learn the real facts about the largest shark to ever live, including the actual research about it's extinction.
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Where is the biggest megalodon?

Otodus megalodon was a massive species of shark that could grow to between 50 and 65 feet long. A study published in the journal Historical Biology has shown that the biggest of all the megalodons lived in cooler waters, far from the equator.
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What is the biggest shark than megalodon?

What is bigger than the megalodon and the whale shark? Blue whales are larger than megalodons and whale sharks.
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Has a megalodon tooth been found?

A six-year-old boy has found a shark tooth belonging to a giant prehistoric megalodon that could be up to 20 million years old. Sammy Shelton found the 10cm-long (4in) tooth on Bawdsey beach in Suffolk during a bank holiday break.
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How much is a meg tooth worth?

Megalodon shark teeth can be valuable depending on their size. Fossil website FossilEra allows people to buy and sell megalodon teeth, and while some examples can go for a few hundred dollars, others, such as a serrated 6.21-inch tooth, are valued at nearly $3,000.
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How strong is a megalodons bite?

With a jaw estimated to measure about 9 x 11 feet, scientists have calculated that megalodon's bite force would be about 40,000 pounds per square inch.
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Is the demon shark still alive?

The short answer is: it's extremely unlikely. No fossil records of megalodon extend beyond 2.6 million years ago. Our full article on megalodon breaks down all the theories for the species' extinction, but the bottom line is there is overwhelming evidence none have existed in the past million years.
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How big was Deep Blue?

Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and is said to be over fifty years old. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, a researcher. Deep Blue has been featured on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.
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How big is a black demon shark?

The Black Demon is said to be between 20-60 feet long and weighing anywhere between 50-100,000 lbs. It is said to resemble a great white shark but with very dark coloration and a large tail. Some say it could be the Megalodon or a new species of shark, or perhaps an unusually large Great White.
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Was Jaws a megalodon?

A new study from the University of Bristol and Swansea University has calculated the total body size of the Otodus megalodon - the distant ancestor of the great white shark depicted in hit blockbuster, Jaws, in 1975.
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Could a megalodon still be alive?

But could megalodon still exist? 'No. It's definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past,' notes Emma. 'If an animal as big as megalodon still lived in the oceans we would know about it.
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Is a blue whale bigger than a megalodon?

First of all, blue whales are significantly larger than megalodons. The largest blue whale ever weighed 418,878 pounds (more than 200 tons) while average blue whales weigh more than 100 tons. In addition, megalodons were sexually dimorphic, which means the females were significantly larger than males.
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Is the MEG real?

The Meg was real and it was absolutely massive, scientists say | Metro News.
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What to do if a shark is circling you?

If you find yourself in the middle of an attack...
  1. Don't panic. So you're being circled by a shark. ...
  2. Maintain eye contact. As the shark swims around you, keep your head on a swivel and try to maintain eye contact. ...
  3. Stay big ... or get small. ...
  4. Don't play dead. This isn't a bear, it's a shark. ...
  5. Cut off the angles. ...
  6. Slowly back away.
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Is the megalodon a dinosaur?

The dinosaurs died out about 66 million years ago. Megalodons came later. The oldest megalodon fossils are from the Miocene Epoch, which began 23 million years ago.
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How big was Jaws the shark?

In "Jaws," the fictional shark is said to be 25-feet in length and approximately 3 tons. It is unknown at this time how much the shark weighs.
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How big is colossus the shark?

Colossus is around 14 to 15 feet and 3,000 pounds He just seems really, really big when he's flying over the top of you.
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What shark is bigger than Deep Blue?

Marine biologist Michael Domeier also claims to have seen specimens possibly larger than Deep Blue while conducting studies of the great white shark off the coasts of Mexico and California.
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What's the biggest tiger shark ever caught?

After a grueling five-hour fight, he secured the largest tiger shark on record: a 1,780-pound behemoth measuring some 13 feet and 10.5 inches long.
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What is the largest known shark?

The largest is the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 18 meters (60 feet).
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How many megalodons were there?

1 Megalodon, 2 Megalodon, 700,000 Megalodon.

Based on its size (you can see how this is done on my Kaiju post) we would expect global numbers, if we assume the largest Megalodon females get is 65.5 tons, of near ~700,000-1.5 million.
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Who is stronger T Rex or megalodon?

rex may have possessed the most powerful bite of any land animal, it apparently paled in comparison to that of prehistoric megalodon—literally "megatooth"—sharks, which may have grown to lengths of more than 50 feet (16 meters) and weighed up to 30 times more than the largest great white.
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What was the megalodon scared of?

Megalodon & the fear of sharks.
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