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Delve into the fascinating world of prehistoric giants with this captivating diorama of a frozen Megalodon hunting scene.

This study adds a new dimension that Megalodon probably had a wide range of prey. Essentially, it probably ate not just whales, but whatever it wanted.

The largest shark to ever live was likely the mighty megalodon ( Otodus megalodon ), which swam in prehistoric oceans from 23 to 3.6 million years ago and is now definitely extinct. Paleontologists ...

The megalodon, an extinct shark that is the largest predatory fish ever known to have existed, appears to have had a much wider diet than previously thought. That’s the verdict of a new study ...

Prior to this study, it was widely believed that megalodon probably specialized on large prey like ancient whales and large fish. It needed something like 100,000 calories a day just to keep ...

Megalodon dispatched its prey with a ferocious bite and lethal, serrated teeth that could reach up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) long — the size of a human hand.

Megalodon dispatched its prey with a ferocious bite and lethal, serrated teeth that could reach up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) long — the size of a human hand.

Megalodon dispatched its prey with a ferocious bite and lethal, serrated teeth that could reach up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) long — the size of a human hand.

Megalodon dispatched its prey with a ferocious bite and lethal, serrated teeth that could reach up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) long — the size of a human hand. The superpredator’s teeth — abundant in ...

The study, published Monday in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, also showed there were regional differences in the giant shark’s feeding habits. The finding suggests megalodon would ...