Mattshark Posted April 15, 2009 #76 Share Posted April 15, 2009 (edited) Hi, was wondering if you can post a link to this "article" it sounds really interesting thank you, i know this was posted A LONG time back but was wondering if anyone has any information/link on this particular article N-droe is talking about thx in advance Swarsh It was a sleeper shark. Edited April 15, 2009 by Mattshark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulleymon Posted April 15, 2009 #77 Share Posted April 15, 2009 as many in this thread have pointed out, the megalodon would have to consume an awful lot of food to survive. generally, evolution has not been kind to large predators. they're much slower than the smaller predators and need to consume more food, so, they're basically up a creek. the only animals that large eat krill or plankton, the exception being the sperm whale. it doesn't look good for you magical thinkers. some times you just have to let go of legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewq455 Posted April 16, 2009 #78 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I vote "yes" because it can't be proven extinct, so there is no reason why it cant be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 16, 2009 #79 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I vote "yes" because it can't be proven extinct, so there is no reason why it cant be alive. Except that it was a shallow water species that has no possibility of having a viable population anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleomenes Posted April 16, 2009 #80 Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) I vote "yes" because it can't be proven extinct, so there is no reason why it cant be alive. The burden of proof to show it exists is on those claiming that it does. Having shown the world no proof of its existence, the only reasonable conclusion is that is doesn't exist. Edited April 16, 2009 by Cleomenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clobhair-cean Posted April 16, 2009 #81 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I vote "yes" because it can't be proven extinct, so there is no reason why it cant be alive. The same goes for the trilobites. (And, they are just so much cooler then any megalodon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryMike Posted April 16, 2009 #82 Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) Megalodon is most likely extinct. It wouldn't be able to live in the deepest depths of the ocean as water pressure would crush it and it was a shallow water species of shark as in it would live up in the surface. Megalodon is most likely extinct. The Great White Shark is the replacement of the Megalodon as we know it today. Edited April 16, 2009 by MysteryMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiMbob32292 Posted April 16, 2009 #83 Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) Well its possible it could exhist but it would have to be living in the trenches of the ocean which (we all know the pressure down there is extreme). Anything of that magnitude cannot hide for long unless its very elusive. I think if there are witness who report seeing a giant shark are just seeing a large Great White or somthing their not used to seeing. There could be a large Great White out there but not as large as Megalodon. Edited April 16, 2009 by JiMbob32292 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 16, 2009 #84 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well its possible it could exhist but it would have to be living in the trenches of the ocean which (we all know the pressure down there is extreme). Anything of that magnitude cannot hide for long unless its very elusive. I think if there are witness who report seeing a giant shark they are just seeing a large Great White or somthing their not used to seeing. There could be a large Great White out there but not as large as Megalodon. No it could not exist down there. No food, too much pressure. It is not a possibility. Megalodon ate whales, it would in fact be rather conspicuous and obvious. Great whites look large enough at 4metres (I know from personal experience) they get at least 2.5m bigger than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiMbob32292 Posted April 17, 2009 #85 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Yea thats a good point, I mean really the only thing that ive been extremly suprised to have been discovered was the giant squid. I would be extremly shocked if a 60 foot megalodon had gone undiscovered for this amount of time its just too big and like Mattshark said they wouldnt be able to live in the deep end of the ocean so im sure someone would have noticed by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewq455 Posted April 17, 2009 #86 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Good points. If I could change my vote in this pole I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted April 17, 2009 #87 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Well we don't know, we only know very little of the ocean. Who knows? We keep finding new animals in the sea like every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roller3610 Posted April 17, 2009 #88 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I doubt it because as many have already mentioned the Megalodon used to hunt near the surface in shallow waters meaning it would have seen or caught over years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 17, 2009 #89 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Well we don't know, we only know very little of the ocean. Who knows? We keep finding new animals in the sea like every month. We don't you know and what we do find is small usually or was though previously to be another species. We know enough to know that no where could sustain a giant mammal eating shark with out us knowing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted April 17, 2009 #90 Share Posted April 17, 2009 True but Humans sometimes are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 17, 2009 #91 Share Posted April 17, 2009 True but Humans sometimes are wrong. Yes but survival needs are not, its was a shallow water whale hunting shark, there is nowhere it could go where it could have enough food and deep sea pressure would be fatal (and there is nowt to eat for it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poleflux Posted April 17, 2009 #92 Share Posted April 17, 2009 the neanderthal was not a different sub species of human, it was the opposite sex peacock, peahen logical right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
village_idiot Posted April 17, 2009 #93 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Let me ask a question...how sure are we that the Megalodon species didn't die out but mearly evolved? If you look at the skeletal structure, the shape of the teeth and overall look of modern-day Great White sharks, you would notice that they're near identical...Is it possible that the giant killer from thousands of years ago merely shrank to 1/3 of it's origional size and still terrorizes the sea today as the Great White? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clobhair-cean Posted April 17, 2009 #94 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Let me ask a question...how sure are we that the Megalodon species didn't die out but mearly evolved? If you look at the skeletal structure, the shape of the teeth and overall look of modern-day Great White sharks, you would notice that they're near identical...Is it possible that the giant killer from thousands of years ago merely shrank to 1/3 of it's origional size and still terrorizes the sea today as the Great White? As far as I know, things seem to point in the direction of the Megalodon and the Great White being not even that closely related to each other. Also, a hypothetical megalodon species that evolved into being great white sharks would be just as extinct as the homo erectus that became homo sapiens is. Edited April 17, 2009 by Clobhair-cean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja KO Posted April 17, 2009 #95 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I agree with you because they still havent explored the whole ocean i mean wat about the bermuda triagle it could be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiMbob32292 Posted April 17, 2009 #96 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Isnt this amazing we can almost send a man to mars but we dont know all the species that are still alive on this earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 17, 2009 #97 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Let me ask a question...how sure are we that the Megalodon species didn't die out but mearly evolved? If you look at the skeletal structure, the shape of the teeth and overall look of modern-day Great White sharks, you would notice that they're near identical...Is it possible that the giant killer from thousands of years ago merely shrank to 1/3 of it's origional size and still terrorizes the sea today as the Great White? Because the evidence suggests that great whites are ancestors of prehistoric mako sharks and evolved separately while megalodon was still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
village_idiot Posted April 17, 2009 #98 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Isnt this amazing we can almost send a man to mars but we dont know all the species that are still alive on this earth. I find it amazing that we're even considering sendng man to Mars with all the crap going on here on Earth...On the topic, we (as humans) only know species that are within reach...example: the existence of the Megamouth shark wasn't known until the '50s...and that isn't exactly a small shark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 17, 2009 #99 Share Posted April 17, 2009 the neanderthal was not a different sub species of human, it was the opposite sex peacock, peahen logical right Erm, no it was actually neither the opposite sex or a sub species, it was a completely different species. I agree with you because they still havent explored the whole ocean i mean wat about the bermuda triagle it could be there Why do you think it would be there? The coast of Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas? Three huge tourist regions in the Bermuda (its not real) triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted April 17, 2009 #100 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I find it amazing that we're even considering sendng man to Mars with all the crap going on here on Earth...On the topic, we (as humans) only know species that are within reach...example: the existence of the Megamouth shark wasn't known until the '50s...and that isn't exactly a small shark... 70's actually, but it is not comparable because of habitat and lifestyle, it is a deeper water shark and hunts very different prey (though they are both lamniformes). Also diving is not exactly new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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