Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Megalodon may have grown up to 80 feet long

 


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Joel Kontinen  

Certain megalodons grew up to 80 feet (24 metres) long. That is 15 feet (4.5 metres) longer than scientist taught before.

These massive sharks may also have been slenderer than originally believed, the researchers said.

"Previous estimates using teeth to predict its size had the shark reaching about 18-20 meters total length (59-65 feet)," study co-author Phillip Sternes, an educator at SeaWorld San Diego said.

According to evolutionists, “Megalodon ruled the seas of ancient Earth between around 20 million and 3.6 million years ago.

The dates of these creatures is wrong,

Source:

Jess Thomson 2025 Megalodon may have grown up to 80 feet long — far larger than previous estimates | Live Science 10 March