Mega Shark: Megalodon

Mega Shark: Megalodon book cover — GRAPHIC PREHISTORIC ANIMALS MEGA SHARK MEGALODON ILLUSTRATED BY ALESSANDRO POLUZZI COLORED BY OLIVER WEST Smart Apple Media

Mega Shark: Megalodon — page 1 — a WHAT IS A MEGA SHARK2 MEGALODON MEANS BIG TOOTH Megalodons lived around 16 million to 1 6 million years ago during the Miocene and Pliocene periods Fossils of their remains have been found all around the world see page 22 to Its mouth could open to A 6 5 feet 2 m wide IO It liked to eat whales and A large dolphins and was constantly loooking out for its next meal CARCHARODON ii It had up to 300 teeth Nº arranged in several rows MEGALODON RAGGED BIG TOOTH MAY HAVE MEASURED UP TO 66 FEET ii It would lose to The largest Megalodon A and replace A teeth were 8 5 inches more than i 000 22 cm long teeth in its lifetime 20 M LONG AND WEIGHED UP TO 54 TONS 49 METRIC TONS This would be Megalodon and

Mega Shark: Megalodon — page 2 — ANIMAL FACTS Udging by the size and e great white shark's shape of its teeth scientists favorite food is sealeasy to believe Megalodon would have catch and with a blubbery body looked like a massively giant sized that provides maximum energy great white shark Megalodon hunted whales for the Like the great same reasons and could sense a white the mega pod two miles shark had rows of 3 2 km serrated teeth away They could saw through flesh blubber and bone like a steak knife Mega shark would also have had a modern shark s hunting a senses a powerful sense of smell and the ability to detect tiny electrical signals from mammals heartbeats A 7 inch 18 cm Megalodon tooth dwarfs a 2 5 inch 6cm great white shark tooth The great white below is the largest modern day predatory fish but it would have been prey in the time of the mega shark and fishes gills streamlined torpedo like body and large fins and tail Megalodon would have closed in and struck at its prey with the speed and surprise of a fast attack

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