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The gigantic Megalodon shark was much larger than previously thought
For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...
A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon’s true form
Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white ...
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Megalodon Wasn’t a Fat Great White—It Was a Sleek Lean Killing Machine
If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica found that the famous megalodon wasn’t just an ...
Greenland sharks can live for centuries. We're finally learning their genetic tricks.
A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.
One of Earth’s most ferocious predators may have looked very different than we thought
Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, ...
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The Massive Megalodon May Have Been Even Longer and Sleeker
Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white shark. (Image Courtesy of: Albert Kok) We’re gonna need a bigger shark ...
Some Megalodons Reached 80 Feet—But They Weren’t Built Like Great Whites, Research Suggests
Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...
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A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon's true form
"This study provides the most robust analysis yet of megalodon's body size and shape," said Phillip Sternes, a shark biologist who completed his Ph.D. at UCR. "Rather than resembling an oversized ...