Fossil Sharks
Wherein we take an adventure into the deep oceans of history in pursuit of fossilized sharks. NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainsc...
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- The fossil sharks are hiding today.- But look! A fossil shark clue!- This is the tooth of the Carcharocles megalodon, or better known as the Megalodon shark.These unfathomably large predatory giants swam in our oceans from about 52 million to 2 million years ago.Based off of the large size of this tooth, it’s estimated that Megalodon was up to 50 feet (15 meters) in length.Compare that to the relatively wimpy great white shark of today at about only 13 feet (4 meters) in length.And scientists think that it hunted WHALES with a bite that was far stronger than that of T. rex.But like modern day sharks, Megalodon had a cartilaginous skeleton, meaning one made out of cartilage,rather than mineralized osseous tissue—also known as bone.And because cartilage does not...
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- The fossil sharks are hiding today.- But look! A fossil shark clue!- This is the tooth of the Carcharocles megalodon, or better known as the Megalodon shark.These unfathomably large predatory giants swam in our oceans from about 52 million to 2 million years ago.Based off of the large size of this tooth, it’s estimated that Megalodon was up to 50 feet (15 meters) in length.Compare that to the relatively wimpy great white shark of today at about only 13 feet (4 meters) in length.And scientists think that it hunted WHALES with a bite that was far stronger than that of T. rex.But like modern day sharks, Megalodon had a cartilaginous skeleton, meaning one made out of cartilage,rather than mineralized osseous tissue—also known as bone.And because cartilage does not...
