UM-Bot Posted December 15, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The teeth of the largest shark in history may have influenced portrayals of a mythological sea monster. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/301600/did-megalodon-teeth-inspire-monster-myths 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted December 15, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Obviously.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadChadB33 Posted December 15, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Megalodon is still out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ufo_Guy Posted December 15, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Hail megaladon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted December 15, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, BadChadB33 said: Megalodon is still out there. Because...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted December 15, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 15, 2016 5 hours ago, Thorvir Hrothgaard said: Because...? Lets be fair, they might be. It's not as if a 50ft whale eating shark is something that'necessarily strike you as remarkable unless you knew what you were looking at. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted December 16, 2016 #7 Share Posted December 16, 2016 3 hours ago, oldrover said: Lets be fair, they might be. It's not as if a 50ft whale eating shark is something that'necessarily strike you as remarkable unless you knew what you were looking at. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted December 16, 2016 #8 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Tell you what--meet up with one of those puppies, it would sure ruin your day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted December 16, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Just flip it over, once you do that it's at your mercy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurzweil Posted December 16, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Many many moons ago at Daytona beach I was out in the water with the other beach goers. I felt something brush against my leg. There was a moment of panic and I high tailed it back to shore. Never stepped or will step in again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted December 18, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 18, 2016 That Jaws guy in James Bond Movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted December 18, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Let's be honest. The idea of megalodon still swimming around somewhere is...well...awesome! That said, I do think we would have seen one by now. I get that we didn't see the colossal squid for a while, but they mostly like the deep water, too. Nothing about great whites indicates that megalodon would just be going in the very deepest of water. In fact, great whites are coming in closer and closer to shore. Happy surfing, folks! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted December 18, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Oh, and no doubt dinosaur bones and megalodon teeth would have people imagining all sorts of things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted December 18, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 18, 2016 5 hours ago, ChaosRose said: Let's be honest. The idea of megalodon still swimming around somewhere is...well...awesome! That said, I do think we would have seen one by now. I get that we didn't see the colossal squid for a while, but they mostly like the deep water, too. Nothing about great whites indicates that megalodon would just be going in the very deepest of water. In fact, great whites are coming in closer and closer to shore. Happy surfing, folks! Megalodon wasn't a great white relative, they used to be thought of as being, but now they've been reclassified. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 18, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 18, 2016 2 hours ago, oldrover said: Megalodon wasn't a great white relative, they used to be thought of as being, but now they've been reclassified. That is correct. The megatooth shark lineage (the Otodontidae) is separate from the great white lineage (the Lamnidae). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoney Posted January 11, 2017 #16 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I've always hated when they show CGI Megalodon as just a giant Great White. They do it in almost every documentary about the shark. We have no idea what it looked like. It really bugs me, kind of like when they have an actor playing Hitler, and he has brown eyes. Hitler had blue eyes, how hard is it to do a little research? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted January 18, 2017 #17 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On 2017-01-11 at 10:10 AM, shoney said: I've always hated when they show CGI Megalodon as just a giant Great White. They do it in almost every documentary about the shark. We have no idea what it looked like. It really bugs me, kind of like when they have an actor playing Hitler, and he has brown eyes. Hitler had blue eyes, how hard is it to do a little research? That's a...strange...comparison. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluey Posted January 19, 2017 #18 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I have no doubt that history has hand made many significant sings of great strength.now all they do is have mass producing machines that do the job.......respect to all ancient and newely discovered sea life......be more afraid of chironex fleckeri..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted January 19, 2017 #19 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 1/11/2017 at 1:10 PM, shoney said: I've always hated when they show CGI Megalodon as just a giant Great White. They do it in almost every documentary about the shark. We have no idea what it looked like. It really bugs me, kind of like when they have an actor playing Hitler, and he has brown eyes. Hitler had blue eyes, how hard is it to do a little research? Like Jesus always had blue eyes. It's like there's a deliberate campaign to get the two mixed up on film. But you're right we don't know what it looked like. We find teeth that look just like giant Great White teeth, and so duh it's a fish that looks exactly like a giant Great White. It's conjectural at best, and documentaries I've seen don't entertain the doubt or disclaim their depictions, they just present scaled up Great Whites, because Jaws. The first giant mutant Great White we find will cause a "Megalodon" feeding frenzy. Also popular in recent years are the denials that Great Whites are top predators because someone saw a Killer Whale killing one. On the ocean surface, sure that can happen. Drag an orca into deep water and it doesn't have a prayer, though "deep" is a very relative term since orcas can't even go there. Likely GWs haven't evolved to hunt orcas because there's no need to, but if they did the tables would be completely turned on the surface dwellers. Like a submarine with guided torpedoes vs a destroyer with no depth charges. From 200-3000ft, Whites reign supreme and that's a lot of ocean and very little racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 19, 2017 #20 Share Posted January 19, 2017 The reason why megaladon is so often depicted as a giant great white is because until recently that's what people thought it was. Recently though closer examination of the teeth has led to be assigned elsewhere. But the great white image has stuck. A great white is no match for a killer whale. The whale is much bigger, much heavier, far more powerful, vastly more intelligent, and far more active. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted January 19, 2017 #21 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 12/15/2016 at 4:39 PM, oldrover said: Lets be fair, they might be. It's not as if a 50ft whale eating shark is something that'necessarily strike you as remarkable unless you knew what you were looking at. I missed your post last month, my apologies. So, let me catch up: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted January 19, 2017 #22 Share Posted January 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, oldrover said: The reason why megaladon is so often depicted as a giant great white is because until recently that's what people thought it was. Recently though closer examination of the teeth has led to be assigned elsewhere. But the great white image has stuck. A great white is no match for a killer whale. The whale is much bigger, much heavier, far more powerful, vastly more intelligent, and far more active. Orcas also know how to exploit the shark's tonic immobility. All they have to do is flip the great white over and it is basically paralyzed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 19, 2017 #23 Share Posted January 19, 2017 57 minutes ago, Carnoferox said: Orcas also know how to exploit the shark's tonic immobility. All they have to do is flip the great white over and it is basically paralyzed. Yes, this the technique I also use on them...well on small ones...OK dogfish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Narcisse Posted January 19, 2017 #24 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 12/16/2016 at 1:06 PM, Kurzweil said: Many many moons ago at Daytona beach I was out in the water with the other beach goers. I felt something brush against my leg. There was a moment of panic and I high tailed it back to shore. Never stepped or will step in again. WAS IT A MEGALODON??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted January 19, 2017 #25 Share Posted January 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, The Narcisse said: WAS IT A MEGALODON??? A baby one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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