A few months back I watched a show on the Discovery Channel about a shark that lived 25 to 1 million years called Megaladon, which dwarved a Great White at about 50 feet in length, although it is supposed to be extinct now, how possible is it that this creature or one like it could be lurking in the sea today?

I seen that show too

Megaladon's are cool

But I have no idea how possible it might be that they may still exist, although it seems something that large wouldn't go undetected.

Stop it - you're freaking me out. I won't go in the water as it is....

me neither, I hate fish...

I watched that program too. Ive read up on these things and scientists reckon they could still be living in the marianna trench. A submarine team were tracking what they thought was a whale when the pressure got too much and they had to resurface but they were sure it werent a whale and it had serated teeth just like a great white...
Creepy! I think if they were still around wed know about 'em... But 70% of the earth is made of water and the sea is how deep in some places... ?

I remember reading a sighting of a shark that was said to be 115 feet long. It was an exaggeration but even cutting it in half it's still twice as big as a Great White.

I find it hard to believe this shark still roams our oceans.

You and me both X.

Reminds me of the line "Oh what BIG TEETH u have!"

Da-Dum Da-Dum dadum dadum dadum...

Somebody had to do it

its not the size of the shark that scares me, its the size of the teeth

HELLO!!!, Its the newbie here, and this happens to be one of my favorite topics.

The survival of Megoladon today is highly debateable. Myself, I think there is a possibility. As humans, we know more about space than our earths oceans. WHO KNOWS whats down there. It may not even be the great Meg at all but a sub species that may have addapted to great depths, like the Marianas Trench. It could be a smaller version, or lord forbid, a Larger version of the Meg.

I have a question, Im a member of several other forums on cryptozoology, ghosts and such. Am I allowed to post the names of these forums here?

I am glad I found this site, Im happy to be here.

No Lisa, it wouldn't be a problem at all.

Welcome to the forum, by the way, happy to have you join us.

Welcome Lisa , I look forward to reading your posts .

Hey Lisa A big welcome to the Forum

Cryptozoology is a fav subject of mine also.

That is one BIG shark

It's possible that a giant species of shark still exists today, there have after all been other large marine animals that have lived virtually unnoticed for years ( the Giant Squid for instance ).

Oh and welcome to the forum Lisa

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

Here are the sites I was talking about, The Shadowlands Ghosts and Hauntings

Cryptozoology.com

Paranormal News

Check them out and have fun.

Welcome Lisa!! Hope u have fun here!!!:s9



N e way, about the big shark...

The Loch NEss Monster (if it exsists) is said to be a prehistoric creature ( A plesiosaur)
and probably becuz they were both in the water, thet might have survived whatever killed the things on land. Thats what I think..... just a thought!

This is my 100th post. Yay me!!!!! Am I a regular yet?

Anyhow who knows, there still are giant squid lurking around, so another large something or other is pretty possible.

I just heard that they discovered a new type of shark.. (My friend said that it was in the late 70's.. how come im hearing about it now?) called the megamouth, but im not sure it was as big as that picture of the shark jaw... YIKES!!!

I have a site that I go to that has images of LARGE sharks, images of megolodons too. Its [SIZE=7]Steve Alten .com, hes an author and has written novels about megs.

I have a few pics too but I cant post them , says my images are too big.

I'm no expert in deep sea exploration so my first question would be.

How would the submarine crew know the blip on the screen they were chasing had serated teeth?

Second, how deep can a whale go and not be bothered by the pressure thats being exerted upon its body?

I'm all for knowing about our world because it's the only way we are going to learn how to keep it from going ten ways to nowhere. I don't doubt that a new species of megaladon might exsist, for all I know it also could be an unknown shark species that no one knows about.

Here's a rather spooky theory:

Maybe there are big creatures such as this living in our oceans, and maybe they have
been seen by human witnesses...

...but maybe the witnesses didn't survive to tell the tale....

...eeek...!

That is a hell of a theory there loonboy. Plausible too, okay you've pretty much made me sure I'm never going out into open water again lol.

im a believer in a statement that i heard on one of those shark documentaries on TV:

"when you walk into the water, its like you have stepped into a jungle where you can't see and things want to eat you"

that sums up my feeling about ocean swimming

DS, I concur wholeheartedly.

Heres a pic I found of the Megalodon, talk about massive size!!!

Great picture, Lisa.

If you have others you'd like to post and can't reduce them (max size 20K), email them to Gareth here - webmaster@unexplained-mysteries.com. Tell him which thread you would like to have him post them in.

Magikman

Thanks Magikman, it took a while to find it, I had to do a Google search to find it.

I have a lot of nice pics Id like to post on the WWE Wrestling post I started, but they are WAY too big. (over 20K).

Anyway, Thanks Again!!

I have read articale in my country that refer to animal that called megaladon, it's about group fisherman the worked deep sea fish catching company in japan not to mention that they a very pro in about the sea and the fishes and what happen is that the refuse to go to the sea for 2 weak when the were questioned by theire employee they said that to scared to go to the sea because they descibe that had witness a very large shark in the sea and it is 120 feet long

And how recently did they see this 120ft creature?

Honestly I believe that there is a good possibilty creatures like the Megalodon may still exist in the oceans of the world. We've barely even explored them, so there could be any wide variety of strange creature in the depths of the sea. I've also read a few stories about Megalodon, or at least giant shark sightings that were somewhat interesting. The only one I could find that I remember reading is this one from Strangemag.com: http://www.strangemag.com/megalodon.html

Listening to the Fortean Panel of Cryptozoology on Sunday, Dr Charles Paxton said he thought it was highly unlikely that the Megalodon still roamed the oceans, as the only thing big enough to feed such a beast would be whales; and we have yet to see any half consumed whales...

Megaladon (like so many other odd critters) is assumed to not exist because there is no compelling evidence to the contrary.

Since it is speculated that they would remain in very deep water (thus avoiding detection by us) it is unlikley that we will turn up any teeth or sightings anytime soon, unless something washes to shore.

Since nothing has shown up, there is a stronger possibility that Megaladon does not exist, but that does not disprove its existance entirely.

Personally, I doubt that we are going to see anything wash ashore or spot one with a deep sea camera or even find a new tooth. Medaladon had a run on this planet, but it was probably unable to adapt to a new circumstance and so it went away.

QUOTE (Tommy @ Apr 14 2003, 10:11 PM)

Listening to the Fortean Panel of Cryptozoology on Sunday, Dr Charles Paxton said he thought it was highly unlikely that the Megalodon still roamed the oceans, as the only thing big enough to feed such a beast would be whales; and we have yet to see any half consumed whales...

Being new here... I couldn't resist this topic for obvious reasons.

Regarding the fact that we have not seen any half eatten whales? Keep in mind that a couple things ARE happening regarding the overall whale population.

1. There has been a decrease in many species of whale across the board. This has been attributed to many enviro factors, but there is a plausible theory out there that whales are 'dying' because the ocean is consuming them in greater number.

2. An animal the size of Megalodon would NOT be able to come within a certain percentage of populated seaports because of actual water depth. I also personally feel that an animal of this size, were it real, would've adjusted to very specific water temperatures. Don't forget at the height of this creatues existence ... the waters upon the earth were much, much colder in temperature. The last 35 years has seen global warming do strange things to the under sea mantle. Could it be heating those areas? An average sized Megalodon, forced to the surface could easily devour a small boat in the 15-25 ft class.

Things to think about...

I'm confused. I watched something on television once but it wasn't the Discovery channel. The shark was incredibily huge and it devoured a T.Rex
Yeah, it was an animated presentation on prehistoric dinosours.
So, is this the same shark that's being talked about? The picture Lisa posted does not look like anything I saw as it was much larger and I'm not sure it had the same shape of snout like other sharks do.

Could it have been a Liopleurodon? I saw one of these plucking a T-Rex type of dinosaur in the Walking With Dinosaurs series.

Linkie

QUOTE (Sageghost @ May 9 2003, 10:06 PM)

Could it have been a Liopleurodon? I saw one of these plucking a T-Rex type of dinosaur in the Walking With Dinosaurs series. Linkie

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I see it's not a shark though. but still, the thing is massive. If any of you ever watched it on the Walking With Dinosaurs series you'd be pretty convinced that if it was still living, you'd never go in the water again. Liopleurodon > megalodon.

Listening to the Fortean Panel of Cryptozoology on Sunday, Dr Charles Paxton said he thought it was highly unlikely that the Megalodon still roamed the oceans, as the only thing big enough to feed such a beast would be whales; and we have yet to see any half consumed whales...

i myself couldn't resist posting here since this is one of my favorite topics. as far as not seeing any half consumed whales, would a shark as large as a meg really leave anything only half consumed?

A more suitable answer might be that if the megaladon is living in deep sea trenches, might their not be another creature it might be feeding upon which we have no idea of? You know something huge that might stave off it's hunger. Dunno, it's just a suggestion...

Maybe the Megs are feeding on the Giant Squid noone ever sees alive?? Plausable theory or not??

Lord knows whats down there, humans know more about space that we do of our own oceans.

very good point

Sorry bout the necroposting lately but i think i heard somewhere that (not recently like in the 50s or 60s) that a cruise ship had hooked a large unidentified fish and was stuck until the fish let go.... Could be a squid or megladon.

ah the joys of discovery channel..
However most of the ocean has never been explored, and marine biologists are finding new species all the time..so it may still exist, i guess we'll have to wait for something weird to happen!

If anybody likes reading and would like to know more about the megaladon, a guy wrote a book called "MEG". i just read it and im tellen you that if there were one of those things roaming the ocean the whole world would know about it! there would be whale carcassas floating all over the place with about two thirds of their body missing! i do however belive that it is possible that it might be lurking in the marina trench... read the book. the guy did a lot of reaserch and exagerates on the brute killing a little... but just imagine jarasic shark.

If only we had a pic.

Now THAT would be intresting.

holy cow.........i'm never off swimming again

lol, hell yea.

If I were you I'd change your siggy. It's too big and mods will delete it.

The only evidence we have of Megalodon having ever existed is its teeth and jawbone.
None of the ones we have found was younger than 30,000,000 years old
Its highly unlikely.
Theres nothing in the trench that big either.
There isn't enough food for it to survive.
Even the novel Meg got that bit right.
In the book there were only three of them
Could three sharks have survived for the last 30,000,000 years.
Thats hardly a breeding population and don't forget that sharks in times of hunger are quite happy to eat each other.

i found this pic of one of dem sharks.....scary

http://akoni.multicolouredyawn.com/wallpap...s/megalodon.jpg


go to that page....