Megalodon

[Bluga]

That mouth is kind of big

The largest predator was the megatooth shark, Carcharodon megalodon. Their maximum length is around 50-60 feet!

Megalodon evolved during the early Miocene epoch, about twenty million years ago, and lived until about two or three million years ago. Scientists suspect that the megatooth¡¯s main prey were the large whales, which evolved at about the same time.

Today, the closest relative of the megatooth is the relatively puny great white shark, which seldom gets as big as twenty feet.

 

[IJump]

I have seen one of those things(The mouth, not the megalodon) IRL, they are impressive.....

 

[XMan]

Heh, did you just read a book by Steve Alten?

 

[wnied]

which seldom gets as big as twenty feet

You've obviously never Scuba Dived in Australias waters...

~wnied~

 

[Kelvrick]

Yea, today, I was sitting here, and I had an itch, so I scratched it.

 

[DaiShan]

the ORIGINAL jaws

 

[Bluga]

OMG!

Liepleurodon snacks on Megaldon!

Liopleurodon was the biggest carnivore that ever existed. It had an enormous 3 metre long mouth which contained teeth twice as long as those of Tyrannosaurus. These were arranged in a distinctive rosette at the end of its snout. The remains of Liopleurodon attacks are also preserved in the fossil record. Half-eaten ichthyosaurs and teeth marks in plesiosaur flippers are clear evidence of their voracious appetites.

Up to 25 Metres
Up to 150 tonnes

 

[spanky]

i wonder how they died off? lack of food maybe?

 

[DaveSimmons]

No match for an Opteron though

 

[Aquaman]

Were you inspired by Dinotopia

There is actually a PBS or NG show on the search for Megalodon (or at least there fossils)

Great show.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Nefrodite]

grumble i so wish jurrasic park were real

 

[Bluga]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
grumble i so wish jurrasic park were real

and all of us will be gone by the day

 

[Nefrodite]

Originally posted by: Bluga

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
grumble i so wish jurrasic park were real

and all of us will be gone by the day

hey man, we won't make the same mistake of being unarmed

always cracked me up how those people didn't go in loaded with machine guns and stuff