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[winjer]

Otodus megalodon, commonly known as the megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs.
The megalodon was a top-of-the-food-chain predator. It fed on other big marine mammals, like whales and dolphins. It may have even eaten other sharks.
These sharks also had a ferocious bite. While humans have been measured to have a bite force of around 1,317 newtons, researchers have estimated that the megalodon had a bite force between 108,514 and 182,201 newtons.

Megalodon - Wikipedia

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[SJRB]

I've seen the two-part documentary with Jason Statham.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[HRK69]

OP conveniently left out this bit about the size

While regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators to have ever lived, megalodon is only known from fragmentary remains, and its appearance and maximum size are uncertain.

 

[winjer]

OP conveniently left out this bit about the size

There is a full graph, referencing 4 studies and their respective size estimates.
And 1 videos explaining all the data available, the ways the researchers used for their estimates.
And that video references a dozen studies also talking about it.

 

[HRK69]

There is a full graph, referencing 4 studies and their respective size estimates.
And 1 videos explaining all the data available, the ways the researchers used for their estimates.
And that video references a dozen studies also talking about it.

I see! Guess it didn't load properly

 

[John Marston]

Paging Angry_Megalodon !

 

[darth.shrimp]

That is supposed to be the biggest shark? Amateurs...

 

[Davevil]

one thing that always amazes me is the incredible diversity of terrestrial fauna (and flora).
who knows what awaits us in the rest of the universe