Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…
Tag: Megalodon
Megalodon shark mamas had human-size babies (because they ate their siblings)
New analysis of rare megalodon fossils revealed that their newborn babies were the biggest live babies in the shark family. Source: https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-babies-human-size.html
Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs
Ancient megalodon sharks may have been at least 2 metres long at birth – and they might have grown so large by eating unhatched eggs in the uterus Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264340-megalodon-sharks-grew-2-metres-long-in-the-uterus-by-eating-eggs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Megalodon nurseries reveal world’s largest shark had a soft side
Scientists have identified five locations that the extinct predator Megalodon used as “nurseries” for young sharks. Source: https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-nurseries-discovered.html
Megalodon’s hugeness was ‘off-the-scale’ — even for a shark
A new study evaluates massive Megalodon alongside all sharks in the lamniform group — living and extinct. Even among its extinct relatives, Megalodon was unequalled in length and mass. Source: https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-big-for-a-shark.html